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Address
Hôtel Biron,79, rue de Varenne,
75007 Paris
Phone: +33(0)1 44 18 61 10
Easy Access
Metro: line 13, Varenne or InvalidesR.E.R.: line C Invalides
Bus: 69, 82, 87, 92
Opening Hours
April – September, from 9.30 am to 6.45 pmOctober – March, from 9.30 am to 4.45 pm
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Current Events and Actualities
Capturing the Model : 300 RODIN drawings (Exhibitions)
Du 18/11/2011 au 01/04/2012Everyone is familiar with Rodin's sculptures, but what of his drawings? This exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris presents over 300 drawings from the last thirty years of the artist's life. In fact, in the latter part of his life, drawing became the ar
DEGAS AND NUDE - EXHIBITION (Exhibitions)
Du 13/03/2012 au 01/07/2012This is the first major exhibition to be devoted to Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in Paris since the 1988 retrospective at the Grand Palais. Degas and the nude ties in with the Musée d'Orsay's ambition to publicise the latest teachings on the great masters of
Touristic areas
Musée Rodin
More than 300 works from the most famous French sculptors are skilfully arranged in this magnificent house of the XVIIIth century. Jean Aubert, the future architect of the luxurious stables of the Chantilly castle, built the Biron hotel between 1728 and 1730. It stands like a real castle in the middle of a three-hectare park, rue de Varenne, next to the dome of the Invalides. In 1908, Auguste Rodin rented a section of this mansion to exhibit his works here. Now a property of the state, the estate became a museum dedicated to this brilliant artist who became a national celebrity.
On the ground floor, we can admire " The Age of Bronze " which provoked a scandal at the time. Besides the eulogies about the sensually and the realism emanating from this male figure, the author was accused of having modelled from life. Isn’t it the proof of the genius of the artist? You can also appreciate the works of Camille Claudel with whom Auguste Rodin had a love affair.
Among the great classics, you can see “the thinker” and “the Kiss”.
Good to know :
With an average of 500,000 visitors per year, the Rodin museum is after the Louvre, Versailles and the Orsay Museum one of the most visited museums in France.
Timhotel’s tips and suggestions:
Do not miss the outdoor sculptures in the park: ‘the Door of the Hell’, the famous ‘Burghers person of Calais’, ‘Balzac’.