L'Orangerie - Le Baiser

A reproduction of Auguste Rodin's Le Baiser (The Kiss) stands just outside L'Orangerie. It strikes me as very French that as you leave the museum the last thing you see is one of the masterworks of Impressionist sculpture. 

L'Orangerie - Nymphéas

This is not a good photograph of me, but I am including it to give you an idea of just how completely you are surrounded by Water Lilies (Nymphéas) at L'Orangerie. I promise you, I was a lot happier standing there amongst the water lilies than I look :)

L'Orangerie - Musée

The Musée de l'Orangerie is my favorite museum in Paris and is one of the places I make sure to visit on any trip to Paris. A museum devoted to impressionist and post-impressionist art, it is most famous for housing Monet's Water Lilies (Nymphéas). These famous paintings are on display in an oval room in the museum and as you sit and view them, they almost seem to surround you. This is a wonderful place to spend a few minutes, an afternoon, or even the whole day.