Eugène Boudin Museum Honfleur

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).

Lovely museum. Easy to do with a family. Artworks are beautiful with a nice collection of impressionists. The building itself is also worth seeing.

Nice art relevant to Honfleur. Especially if you enjoy the art of Boudin. Gallery even includes one Monet work of Étretat.

A fairly large collection by a few different artists.

Unluckily the museum was undergoing a reorganisation when we went there and so one whole floor was shut. However what we did see was very worth seeing!

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 remarkable museum with plenty of valuable paintings of Honfleur and its surroundings. The collection is rich and varied. Boudin's relationship with Monet and impressionism is in itself worth a visit but the other artists showcased are equally impressive. A very enriching excperience. Allow more than an hour to fully enjoy.

Nice collection of some drawings of eugène boudin,I am not an expert in art, but i didn’t see that is something need to be in museum

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.