Musee Hebert

The Musée Hébert in Paris was a private museum dedicated to the French painter Ernest Hébert, housed in a historic building in the 6th arrondissement. Its rooms were located in the so-called Petit Hôtel de Montmorency, an 18th-century estate whose facades are protected as historic monuments. The institution was founded in 1978 through the donation of the artist's works and personal belongings to the French national museums. In the second half of the 19th century, Ernest Hébert was known above all for his fashionable portraits. The museum, which had 2,000 square meters of floor space, was affiliated with the Musée d'Orsay in 2004. Because of considerable structural damage to the building, however, it had to be closed. Originally intended as a temporary measure, the high cost of renovation led to the site being abandoned for good in the early 2020s. The collections held there were distributed among other public museums, including the museum of the same name in La Tronche near Grenoble.