The L'Orangerie is hosting an excellent exhibition about Soutine. It is well worth the wait in line, even in the rain. Even though there were crowds to get into the museum, this exhibition wasn't what everyone wanted to see.
The big attraction is the museum's permanent collection of Monet's waterlilies which are housed in two large round rooms. They are beautiful. I read that Monet chose the setting and designed the rooms to provide an area of peace where people could spend time looking at the paintings. Yesterday's crowd was so loud that the guard in the room kept having to tell the group to be quiet. Many people were also taking photos with their cameras which is not allowed. The only way you could remember these paintings in their environment is if you took a video of the 360 degrees of these rooms.
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