Private Orangerie Museum 2-Hour Guided Tour in Paris

Recommended by 100% of travelers

Paris, France

2 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover the masterpieces inside the Orangerie Museum, located in Paris’ Tuileries Gardens, with a guide on this private tour. In the company of just your family and friends, appreciate priceless art from the end of the 19th century, including Claude Monet’s *Water Lilies* and works by Modigliani, Renoir, and Picasso, and gain insight into the origins of the museum as an orange grove.

Explore the the Orangerie Museum in Paris on a guided tour
Learn about the museum’s collections and history from a guide
Save time with skip-the-line entrance tickets included
A private tour lets you go at your own pace and ask questions

What's Included

Private tour
Professional guide
Skip-the-line Entry Ticket

Transportation to/from attractions

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Musée de l'Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France
Meet your guide outside the entrance of the museum

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Make your way to the Orangerie Museum in Paris to meet your private guide and enter with your skip-the-line tickets.

Your personal tour is focused on the museum’s collection by Paul Guillaume, the art dealer of Impressionist masters Renoir, Cézanne, Modigliani, Picasso, and Matisse. You’ll be amazed by Monet’s Water Lilies, displayed on oversized-panels in oval rooms.

During the tour, learn about the museum’s origins as an orange grove of the Tuileries Gardens before it became Monet’s designated display site for his work completed at Giverny.

Hear about the drama that shrouded Guillaume’s coveted collection, including a fake pregnancy, murder and a court case. Along the way, soak up fun facts about the extraordinary life of Coco Chanel.

Please note: A minimum of two people per booking is required.

Musee de l’Orangerie

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
A maximum of 5 people per booking
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Reviews

5.0

based on 18 reviews

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Great tour!

Kelley_M, Jun 2024

Our guide was very knowledgeable and educated us about each painter’s personality with social context. He was very animated, funny and passionate.

Expert Guide

Christopher_C, Nov 2023

Maurizio was incredible guide. Great energy and incredibly knowledgeable. He has his PhD in Art History. My wife and I had a great time.

Book this tour!

Angela_E, Aug 2023

Maurizio was a phenomenal guide! He made this tour so incredibly fun and interesting that the two hours just flew by and we wanted more! I definitely recommend this tour for a better understanding of what you are looking at in the museum and the history of the museum itself.

Fantastic

Roberto_T, Aug 2023

Maurizio knew Monet inside and out! Very thoughtful conversation about the other impressionist Picasso, Renoir, Cezzanne as welll as other lesser known painters

Pure delight at L’Orangerie

Rosemary_D, May 2023

Once again, we had the pleasure of experiencing a tour with Maurizo of NapoleoneTours. He previously guided us through the Musee D’Orsay and we were very happy to have him host us once again. His gift of storytelling and his pure enthusiasm of the art he was sharing was informative, infectious and fun!

Fun and educational

Sandra_B, May 2023

Our guide, Mauricio, was very fun and knowledgeable about the history of the art and artists. It was a wonderful tour.

Monet for a day

Charles_G, Apr 2023

The guide was very knowledgeable on the subject and very enthusiastic. I highly recommend this tour.

Great Experience

Nunzio_C, Oct 2021

Maurizio was a great host and gave us great information of things going on behind the scene with fascinating and intriguing stories. This is a small museum, but the Monet's murals alone made it a great experience.

Fantatstic!!

Lisa_O, Aug 2021

Mauritzio was an EXCELLENT guide! Gave us insights into the museums history we never would have known about….let us enjoy the Waterlilly exhibit and have our own space with the exhibit, before taking us back through and giving us even more insight into the artwork. Even more fabulous stories and insight for the rest of the museum. Cannot recommend him enough!!

Philip our tour guide was wonderful...

Barbara G, May 2017

Philip our tour guide was wonderful! He never rushed us and he was generous with his inputs. He explained the background of each and every artist in this museum, their history, their inspirations etc. If you love art, you will enjoy this tour. A relatively small museum compared to the others in Paris but the pieces are all top notch quality.