Musée Rodin

Housed in the elegant Hôtel Biron, the Musée Rodin showcases an extensive collection of Auguste Rodin’s sculptures, drawings, and other artworks. Visitors can admire iconic pieces like ‘The Thinker’, ‘The Kiss’, and ‘The Gates of Hell’ within the museum’s sunlit galleries and tranquil sculpture garden. The museum also features works by Camille Claudel and offers a serene escape in the heart of Paris.

Planning your visit

The Musée Rodin is as much garden as gallery. Rodin's sculptures are shown in the eighteenth-century Hôtel Biron where he worked in his final years, and the three-hectare sculpture garden holds The Thinker, The Gates of Hell and The Burghers of Calais in the open air — which is why this is one of central Paris's more relaxed museum visits, and a good counterweight to the Louvre's scale. The galleries inside also hold significant work by Camille Claudel.

Bookable options are proportionate to that. Skip-the-line entry tickets with audio guides suit independent visits, and there are semi-private guided tours capped at around eight people, some led by working artists, which go into Rodin's process and casting methods. Private tours cover both the interior galleries and the sculpture garden at a slower pace. Because the museum sits near the Seine, several options combine it with a river cruise for a half-day plan. Current availability is listed below.