Musée Rodin brings sculpture into the Hôtel Biron, an eighteenth-century Paris mansion, and its garden. The museum grew from Rodin’s bequest to the French state, joining his art and working legacy to the rooms and grounds he chose for their display.
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Musée Rodin in Paris opened to the public on 4 August 1919.
Auguste Rodin’s 1916 bequest to the French state included his works, collections, archives and rights, and designated the Hôtel Biron and its garden for a museum.
The Hôtel Biron was built for Abraham Peyrenc de Moras between 1727 and 1732; architect Jean Aubert oversaw the project.
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At Musée Rodin, the setting is part of the collection. The Paris museum occupies the Hôtel Biron, an eighteenth-century mansion whose tall windows, decorated rooms and garden paths let sculpture meet changing natural light. The address is in the 7th arrondissement of Paris; the museum’s other site is at Meudon, so this guide concerns the Paris house and garden.
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