Musée Rodin — Attraction in Paris

Located in this 18th-century hotel (Hotel Biron), Musee Rodin holds an impressive collection of works by this famous French sculptor and his circle as Camille Claudel. The museum also features an exquisit garden and a temporary exhibition hall.With the Eiffel Tower at its core, the Invalides area of Paris is guaranteed to impress. Golden towers and Baron Haussmann's urban vision meet military precision, stretching avenues, and luscious lawns. The area boasts the Musée D’Orsay, the tomb of Napoleon, the National Parliament and UNESCO, as well as luxurious, exclusive residences. In fine restaurants and at the weekend markets, families, diplomats, and politicians brush shoulders with the tourists who come to see this postcard-perfect area for themselves.Musée du Rodin is always my favorite museum. Just invest two hours indoor and outdoor to admire all the displayed exhibits. With the Paris museum pass, I simply skip the ticketing line to go straight into the museum. Right at the entrance of the exhibit room and on the left hand side, there is a video display showing the complicated steps in producing the bronze scriptures. On the ground floor nearing exit, there is another video display of Rodin’s decision to donate his art pieces. In the later decades of Rodin, there were photography and video-taping technology. If I were Rodin with an international horizon, I would have felt the technology’s threat to the values of all my past and future artworks. With only a few hours, an artistic image could be produced with technology: that is the efficiency demanded by high network customers, especially when it concerns a client’s personal portrait to project a positive his/her self image. Rodin was smart to have donated all his art pieces, designs, and correspondences to the Government, but of course, the donation with the condition that the government must keep the accommodation of all the art pieces unchanged is only possible because of Rodin’s...

Since I like to be ready for everything I purchased my tickets from home and just went straight in, there was no line and no wait time. You can easily get there with an Uber or taking the metro. The home (museum) and garden are just beautiful. A very nice house in the middle of the city, it reminded me of Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico City, a cute home with a nice garden full of their art and a breeze of their soul surrounding the place. Rodin’s museum includes his wonderfully made sculptures, drawings, artsy objects, and old photos. My favorite sculpture, of course, was The Thinker! And that is not for the popularity it has, I have always loved that sculpture, to me it represents knowledge, philosophy, wisdom and the self. I know it’s the highest element of the Dante contemplating the Gates of Hell, but that is not what I see in The Thinker. Art is truly in the eye of the beholder. My least favorite sculpture has to be Iris, Messenger of the Gods, supposedly because of Rodin’s interest in dance, but I do not think so. It was disturbing and highly sexualized, like a lot of his sculptures actually. The Gates of Hell in the garden, a huge door that is beautifully made with nudes in hell, part of Dante’s comedy. The garden is very pretty and big with paths for walking and a coffee shop with sitting areas, it is very picturesque and full of more sculptures. My favorite sculpture in the garden, other than The Thinker, was Jean de Fiennes, that sculpture is a version of me saying it is what it is, let it be, so be it, oh well, whatever, so what, blah and nah, also you can kind of see an Italian guy saying “whatcha gonna do about it?”. Visit this place if...

Rodin Museum – Paris, France The Rodin Museum (Musée Rodin) is one of Paris’s most captivating artistic treasures, offering photographers an inspiring blend of sculpture, architecture, and garden landscapes. Set in the elegant Hôtel Biron, the museum houses Auguste Rodin’s most iconic works, including The Thinker, The Kiss, and The Gates of Hell. The soft Parisian light filtering through tall windows creates a timeless atmosphere for interior shots, while the manicured gardens frame Rodin’s sculptures in a natural, ever-changing environment.

For photographers, the gardens are an open-air gallery, offering endless angles and seasonal compositions—spring blossoms, summer greenery, autumn leaves, or winter’s bare elegance. Wide shots of the Hôtel Biron’s façade with sculptures in the foreground work beautifully, while close-ups reveal intricate details of Rodin’s craftsmanship.

Practical tips: Arrive early to enjoy softer light and fewer crowds, and take advantage of the interplay between shadow and bronze patina for dramatic effects. The museum allows photography without flash, so a fast lens is useful indoors. Tripods are not permitted, so steady hand-held shooting is key.

Centrally located near Les Invalides, the Rodin Museum offers not just a cultural visit, but a serene photographic retreat in the heart of Paris. Whether you’re capturing grand perspectives or intimate textures, it’s a place where art and photography meet in...