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Bench Placement at the Orangerie: Visual Cross‑Points and Rest

How benches create viewing anchors—cross‑points, skylight balance, and panel join comparisons.

12/3/2025
10 min read
Bench placement inside the Monet rooms

Benches mark viewing anchors.

📎 Why here?

  • Cross‑points of panoramic sightlines.
  • Balanced luminance fields.
  • Panel join comparisons.

Sit, and compare left/right chroma.

🪑 Placement Logic

  • Cross‑point of long/short axes.
  • Balanced luminance zones.
  • Panel join comparison sightlines.

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Museography Notes

Museography Notes

As a longtime museum‑goer and Paris wanderer, I made this guide to help you meet the Orangerie quietly — to notice the light, the stillness, and the human scale that make its paintings feel close.

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