Musee Rodin

The Rodin Museum possesses about six thousand and six hundred sculptures. These works, in terracotta, plaster, bronze, marble, wax, molten glass, stoneware, etc, are shared between the Hôtel Biron in Paris, and the Villa des Brillants in Meudon. When the Museum was first established, it was decided to exhibit the finished marble and bronze sculptures in Paris, while the plasters would remain in Meudon as a testimony to the genesis of Rodin's works. The situation has not changed much since then. In Meudon, visitors can delve into the mysteries of artistic creation while at the Hôtel Biron they can admire the major works of the sculptor, skilfully arranged in the Museum rooms and the garden in a complementary game of reflections. The 1916 donation of marble and bronze sculptures has been enriched by gifts, acquisitions, casts made by the Museum (The Gates of Hell, Ugolino, etc) and finally deposits of works which belonged to the State and were placed in the Rodin Museum in 1919 or later. These include the two most famous works of the Museum, The Kiss and The Thinker.

Opening information

Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10 to 5:45pm, closed Mondays

Temporary exhibitions

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  Corps et Decors, Rodin and the decorative arts

  Corps et décors reveals a little-known dimension of Rodin’s work devoted to monumental decoration and the decorative arts.

  Musee Rodin

  16th April 2010 - 22nd August 2010

  19th century, Sculpture, Decorative Arts

Top exhibits

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  The Thinker

  The Thinker, 1902, was created by Auguste Rodin and is held in the Musee Rodin, Paris, France.

  Sculpture, 20th century

  Auguste Rodin
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  Eternal Spring

  Eternal Spring, 1898, was created by Auguste Rodin and is held in the Musee Rodin, Paris, France.

  19th century, Sculpture

  Auguste Rodin

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