Visits
Musée de la Grenouillère in Croissy-sur-Seine
Try to imagine the crowds of Parisians thronging to La Grenouillère, the great floating café and dance hall moored at the Ile de Croissy! In several of his short stories, Guy de Maupassant wrote about this riverside guinguette and the boating fraternity that frequented it during the second half of the XIXth century. And indeed the unheated bathing facilities at La Grenouillère were the setting in which Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir produced five paintings now known throughout the world.
The Museum is housed in what was the home of Joséphine de Beauharnais during the Terror. On your excursions from Paris or your next visit to the Yvelines, be sure not to miss its unique collection of engravings, posters, paintings and other items, which will take you back into the world of the late XIXth century.
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Activities
On the premises :
Temporary exhibition, Cultural events
Facilities
On the premises :
Bookshop
Equipment
On the premises :
Shops
Practical informations
6 bis, Grande Rue78290 Croissy-sur-Seine
Distances
Distance from Paris: 19 kmsDistance from Orly: 38 kms
Distance from Roissy: 42 kms
Methods of payment accepted
