Marmottan Monet Museum

The museum has the richest gathering of art works in the entire world, which are the result of numerous donations by Michel Monet, who is the second son of Clause Monet, the impressionist painter. Some of the Monet’s masterpieces are Pissarro, Morisot, Renoir and more. Significant number of creations of Berthe Morisot (Manet’s wife) and Auguste Renoir can also be discovered here. The museum has numerous other collections of illuminations by other renowned painter and artists. The museum also exposes a unique collection of about 200 engravings of medieval era (thirteenth to sixteenth century) and many other paintings and statues of Napoleonic era. The museum is enriched with legacies and donations by prominent artists, painters and patrons. The museum is so inclusive, evocative and isolated allowing the visitors to look, feel the colors and textures, moving in time with the palaces.

The ground floor is exhibited with paintings and tapestries which are a splendid evidence of the influence of the Egyptian campaign on this empire. The first floor is decorated with various kinds of impressionist works. The museum has selected some finest masterpieces in its exhibition which offers an overview of the modern art. The museum allows visitors to discover the inestimable collections of impressionist period which rambles into the heart of gawking visitors. This academy of arts is built like an exhibition hall, which offers the visitors a unique opportunity to admire the major works of various stages of master’s career. The entire museum when not used for the exhibitions looks like a shrine of Impressionism. The museum’s extraordinary collection of illuminated manuscripts includes 228 medieval miniatures. The Marmottan Museum presents 140 works of the Denis and Annie Rouart Foundation which includes many paintings of Berthe Morisot, Monet and Corot.

This museum is enriched under the leadership of its director who organized an average of two exhibitions per year in many national and international trades. These exhibitions are “a perfect medieval and art exhibition” and the “original furniture and the First Empire”, which amazes the visitors to an unbelievable extent and thus they cannot be missed. This museum is definitely a lucky find for the lovers of art who can look at the unfamiliar works of the masters which cannot be recognized in any book of art they own. The visit to the museum is thus far from expensive for what it offers, making it the most affordable and interesting museum in Paris.

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