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What is not on the public calendar: before opening, after closing, by appointment.
Five recommendations, each checked every 7 days.
The Musée d'Orsay's collections or current exhibition with a lecturer for a private group, from 8.30 to 10.30 am Tuesday to Friday, before the doors open, after breakfast in the restaurant's small salon.
Checked 3 November
The Hôtel Biron and its sculpture garden after closing for a private party: the permanent collection with one of the museum's lecturers, then dinner in the hall of honour facing The Kiss.
Checked 3 November
Monet's two oval Water Lilies rooms at the Musée de l'Orangerie, opened for a private group from 6 pm any day or all day on Tuesday.
Checked 7 November
The restored 18th-century apartments of the Crown's furniture intendants on the Place de la Concorde, opened to one party before 10.30 am or after 7 pm, through the state rooms to the loggia.
Checked 7 November
A guided tour of the Palais Garnier's backstage areas for your party alone, arranged by Arop, the Paris Opera's patrons' association, and reaching the ballet costume workshops the public never sees.
Checked 7 November
What is not on the public calendar: museums before opening, collections after closing, and the shops and studios that open by appointment.
