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Fondation Claude Monet
The Claude Monet Foundation manages the house and gardens where the painter lived and worked at Giverny, in the Eure, at 84 rue Claude Monet. The estate has belonged to the Académie des beaux-arts since 1966, following the bequest of Michel Monet, the painter's second son. A restoration carried out under the direction of Gérald Van der Kemp allowed the house to reopen to the public in 1980.
Inside, you discover the studio-drawing room, which hosts a collection of Japanese prints, several shown in reproduction to preserve the originals, the painter's bedroom and the yellow dining room.
The gardens form the heart of the visit. The Clos Normand, a flower garden in front of the house, and the water garden, with its Japanese bridge and water-lily ponds, change through the seasons and are maintained all year by a team of gardeners.
In 2016, the Academy acquired nearly 70 hectares at Giverny, Port-Villez and Vernon in order to protect the landscapes painted by Monet. The site is generally open from early April to early November.
