The Fondation Claude Monet is an organization that manages Claude Monet's house museum in Giverny, a small town in Normandy, famous for having been immortalized in the most famous paintings of the Impressionist painter. In 1883, at the age of 43, Monet moved with his family to the small village of Giverny, where he remained until his death.

The bright colors of the house are a major attraction: the facade is pink, the kitchen is covered with blue decorated tiles, the dining room is a bright yellow and the living room is a delicate blue. The whole is enriched by a large collection of Japanese prints, among which the works of Hiroshige, such as the Thirty-six views of Fuji-Yama, or of Utamaro and Hokusai, two of the greatest Japanese masters, should be remembered. However, the great attraction of the museum is the garden, in which the painter was able to cultivate numerous species of flowers that bloom at different times of the year.

In 1893 the painter enriched his property with a further piece of land where he created the famous water lily pond, diverting the waters of a tributary of the Epte, the Ru. Thus was born the water garden with the Japanese bridge, immortalized in the famous Nymphéas series.