My wife and I will soon be in Paris. We would like to visit the Orangerie Museum on Monday and the Orsay Museum on Tuesday. The RS Paris guidebook indicates that we can get a timed entry to the Orangerie Museum on Monday for free and then when we arrive we can purchase a Combo ticket for the Orsay Museum. I cannot find a way to get a timed entry for the Orangerie for free. Everything I see at the Orangerie Museum seems to require that I purchase a ticket. And what about the Orsay Museum? Can I reserve a timed entry for the next day now and then pay for entry with the Combo-ticket we purchased at the Orangerie Museum? Any help would be appreciated.
Michael
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
15172 posts
I found this year-old thread about the combo ticket. Apparently you can only buy it onsite at the museums, not online so that is not always useful.
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/france/combo-tickets-for-orsay-and-orangerie
I went thru and did a dummy booking using the ticketing website for the Orangerie. I chose the "Free of charge" reservation which is what you would pick if you were using a Museum Pass. I can get all the way to the calendar of dates and picking a random date in May there were plenty of times available.
Here is the Orangerie ticketing website:
https://billetterie.musee-orangerie.fr/en-GB/home-orangerie
For the Orsay, I would book as if it were a Museum Pass ticket needing a "free reservation".
Posted by
Gig Harbor, Washington, USA
1897 posts
It might only cost you a few euros more to buy a Carte Blanche card. This is a one year membership for the Orsay Museum which also gives you free access to the Orangerie. This card gives you access to a dedicated entrance to the Orsay. I paid 79 euros for the card which gives unlimited access for me and a guest.
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I successfully made an Orangerie free timed entry slot this week by selecting the “Musée de l'Orangerie - Free of charge Reservation” drop down selection, in order to be able and to buy the COMBO Orangerie-Orsay ticket at the Orangerie desk upon arrival. No issues.
This combo ticket is around €20- different than and way less expensive than the Carte Blanche which is a whole separate thing.
From what I’ve read on the Orsay website you don’t need to make a timed entry reservation there; they have a specific line for combo ticket holders.
Once you get to the Orsay, per their website, join “Queue C1: visitors with tickets without time slots and without the need to make a reservation
-Paris Museum Pass
-Combined Orsay/Orangery tickets”
That will be you!
Enjoy!