musée Eugène-Boudin de Honfleur

Interesting and varied collection of art. I did like to see earlier paintings depicting Honfleur at different times in its past. I also downloaded the music playlist as I entered picture gallery and used it as a very pleasant musical back ground as I perused the gallery. One of my favourite pieces was on entering

A beautiful museum tugged in a serene neighborhood. Love their caredully curated impressionist paintings and drawings

Nice small museum. In addition to Boudin, there are other artists, including 2 Monet. Don't miss the upper floor. There are some 20 century artists. Be aware that the museum opened 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm.

The collections at this art museum feature world class pieces by well known impressionist painters. They also have a chapel that hosts events from time to time. The amount of work at this museum is fairly small, so it shouldn’t take long to see it all (it took me about 30 minutes).

Not a place you can easily access. No parking. Interesting collection. Not overly commercialized. Elevator access between floors. Clean, well lit, well organized. Inexpensive. Mostly expressionist works.

Absolutely worth s visite! The Pearl of the beautiful town Honfleur is full of charmig art, which will shurely surprise You. I got suprised myself, when after a lot of beautiful paintings suddenly Claude Monet's "Etretat" showed upp!

A great collection including Claude Monet, pleased to have visited.

Lovely museum. A lot of great art for such a small town. I loved the Boudin, Hambourg, and Monet paintings.

Recommended for those interested in the predecessors of Impressionism. An unexpected learning experience, as we learned how Monet came to Honfleur, and about his pre-impressionist mentors.

The Musee Eugene Boudin is a pretty large museum for such a small town. I was expecting something on the scale of the Delacroix or Moreau museums in Paris: the artist's house made into a museum with a peak into the artist's home decor and what he collected along with some pieces by the artist and a look at his studio. (The Moreau Museum is a gem in this regard and quite large itself.) The Boudin Museum is three floors of exhibition space, much of it devoted to seascapes with ships and shipwrecks. On the day of my visit there was also an interesting exhibition by an artist who depicted the emotional loss and the funeral rites of sailors lost at sea. Another gallery that didn't take more than five minutes to peruse and I would have skipped but for Rick Steves' explanation of it was devoted to the local costumes worn by the people of Normandy and Brittany. In particular the bonnets and head scarves worn by the women identified what village they came from. Anyone who's ever seen a period drama or some of Gaugin's paintings of the Breton women will find these bonnets somewhat familiar. Who knew that they signified so much? The best part of the museum though was the gallery with paintings of Honfleur with works by other artists as well as native son Boudin. Boudin was an influence on the young Monet and then later learned impressionist techniques from the younger artist. The museum shows Boudin's evolution as an artist and has a couple of pieces by Monet and other artists who flocked to the coast to paint in plein air. It's certainly fascinating to see how the look of the village, its main church, and the boat basin have been maintained over so many decades.