AFMO Annual Benefit Weekend
in celebration of the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie

A Weekend in Paris

Thursday, October 17 thru
Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Gala Weekend is sold out. Registrations are closed.
Tickets to the Gala cocktail on October 19 are available. Please see below.

Cultural Highlights

The weekend’s cultural highlights, private tours and experiences will include:

-  Curatorial tours: Caillebotte. Painting men and Harriet Backer (1845-1932). The music of color (Musée d’Orsay); Heinz Berggruen. A dealer and his collection (Musée de l’Orangerie); Fondation Custodia

- Impressionism: Durand-Ruel archives; Stéphanie Botteri (great grand-niece of Gustave Caillebotte); Maison Caillebotte (Yerres)

- French heritage: 17th century Hôtel Guénégaud; Château de Bagatelle; Château de Versailles; Opéra Comique: Villa Windsor

- Savoir-faire: Atelier Lefèvre; Manufacture Poilâne; Maison Deyrolle; Sèvres-Cité de la Céramique; La Tuile à Loup; Officine Universelle Buly; 19M-Lesage; Maison Chaumet

- French gourmet: Le Cordon Bleu; L’École Ducasse Paris Studio

- Conversations: Inès de la Fressange and Sophie Gachet; Cordelia de la Castellane; Apollonia Poilâne, Mathieu Lehanneur

- Walks: Les Puces de Saint-Ouen with AD 100 interior designers Roger Thomas and Penny D. Baird; Paris Passages couverts (arcades)

- Fairs and art galleries: Art Basel Paris; Design Miami; Asia Now; Gurr Johns; Clémentine de La Feronnière

To celebrate French-American friendship and our support to the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, AFMO will host

- an opening cocktail at the Musée de l’Orangerie

- a luncheon at Château de Bagatelle

- a French-American friendship cocktail at an exclusive private venue

- the annual Gala evening at the Musée d'Orsay, including private viewings of the Fall 2024 exhibitions.

Weekend in Paris sign up

To make the most of your Weekend in Paris, please consider the following options:

• Four-day package: starting at $9,500
  From Thursday, October 17 p.m. to Sunday, October 20 p.m., including the Gala evening at the Musée d’Orsay.

• Three-day package: starting at $8,500
  From Thursday, October 17 p.m. to Saturday, October 19 p.m., including the Gala evening at the Musée d’Orsay.

The Weekend in Paris is a fundraiser open to AFMO members and non-members alike, to support the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie with their projects. Purchasers of weekend tickets may deduct the cost of each ticket, less $2,500 per person.

Please note that registration for the AFMO Benefit Weekend will close on September 15, 2024.
Registration for the gala evening on Saturday, October 19, will remain open.