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Giverny attractions
It is always best to arrive early in Giverny in order to avoid the throngs of bus-driven tourists who arrive later in the morning and keep coming all day.
Monet's House (Fondation Claude Monet) , 84 rue Claude Monet, tel 02 32 51 28 21, open April-October Mo-Su 9:30 am - 6 pm, admission €8.00, ?5.00 students, ?4.00 disabled, under-7s free, wheelchair access available - can now be purchased online to avoid queuing - the house is quietly eccentric and highly interesting in an Orient-influenced style, and includes Monet's collection of . There are no original Monet paintings on the site - the real drawcard, is the gardens around the house - the with the , and is now somewhat iconic. Monet's house has the obligatory gift-store attached, designed to help you part with your money in exchange for all manner of things Impressionist.
the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny , 99 rue Claude Monet, tel 02 32 51 94 65, open May - October Tu-Su 10 am - 6 pm, admission ?6.50, ?4.50 12-18s and students, ?3 7-12s, under 7s free, wheelchair access available - the museum replaces the former Musée d'Art Américain. It proposes temporary exhibitions.
The Natural Mechanical Museum , 2 rue Blanche Hoschedé-Monet, Phone: 02 32 21 26 33. 27620 Giverny. Association under 1901 law, founded by the Guillemard brothers: Jean-pierre, René and Gérard currently run restorations and exhibitions with the help of an enthusiasts team who devoted their time and known-how to the Patrimony preservation. The museum origin is a private collection of steam internal combustion engines; founded in 1955 by the Guillemard family a GIVERNY resident's since generations. Former threshing entrepreneur and blacksmith ADOLPHE Guillemard has transmitted to his children his know-how and passion for the vintage mechanies. Along years, purchasing, donations of engines pile-up awaiting for the needed parts or just a time to restore. Since 1982 the number of collected items inereased due to closing of workshops, factories or mills. The preservation of these engines was a rescue task, numbers of testimonials items already gone. In 1990 the collection find home in the actual local where the engines are in permanent show, installation of the Carels 1908 diesel engine weighting 28 tons keep the team busy for months on overhauling and restoration; it becomes in 2003 the world bigger old running diesel engine.
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