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Come and discover the museum's collections in the company of Rodin specialists and through a tour adapted to all visitors. Each group can choose a theme for the visit.
Adult groups (over 26 years old) are made up of 10 to 25 people. For visitors between 18 and 25 years old, groups are made up of 10 to 30 people.
Each tour below is an hour and a half long and combines a presentation of a selection of works in the permanent collections of the Hôtel Biron and the sculpture garden.
Theme 1: "At the heart of masterpieces"
This visit allows you to discover the renovated spaces of the museum as well as a part of the sculpture garden to discover the emblematic works of Rodin and, through them, the creative approach of the artist.
Theme 2 : "Heart to heart with Rodin"
The body is at the heart of Rodin's aesthetics, and his sculptures, isolated or assembled, tell of all the paths of sensuality. Follow their entanglements, from the famous Kiss to lesbian couples. Relive the relationships that this demiurge maintained with his models, his muses and his lovers but also with one of his most passionate collaborators, an exceptional sculptor, Camille Claudel.
Theme 3 : "Welcome to Hell!"
The multitude of beings condemned for their sins, described by the poet Dante, is an inexhaustible source of creation for Rodin. It is a veritable reserve of expressive themes which he seized upon with passion to create his famous Gates of Hell, his life's work. He also summoned Baudelaire in a powerful imagination where mythological and poetic references are combined. Do you dare to push the Gates of Hell?
Theme 4 : "In⸱visible Bodies"
An investigation into Rodin's Dressing Gown
Temporary exhibition from 15 October 2024 until 2 March 2025
This guided tour recounts the research Rodin undertook to create what he would call his masterpiece, the Monument to Balzac. When the Société des Gens de Lettres commissioned Rodin to create a monument commemorating the great writer in 1891, Balzac had passed away almost 40 years earlier. In order to recreate his character, Rodin investigated Balzac's image and body, which he wrapped in a dressing gown in order to conceal it, thus highlighting the idea and aura of the writer. The critics denounced the work as a scandal, and the monument was never appreciated during Rodin's lifetime. This exhibition offers a reflection on the bodies - real, idealised, statufied and concealed - in public monuments and in the representations that still populate our contemporary world.
If you are a group of 18 to 25 years old from the European Union
