Musée Victor Hugo

The Musée Victor Hugo, also known as the Maison de Victor Hugo, is housed in the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné on the Place des Vosges in Paris's Marais district. The famous writer lived here from 1832 to 1848 in a large second-floor apartment, where he enjoyed the peak of his social, political, and family life. In this house he received numerous literary luminaries of his day and wrote major works such as Les Misérables and Les Contemplations. After the poet's death, his literary executor Paul Meurice initiated the creation of a museum, which opened in 1901 in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of Hugo's birth. Today the museum spans two floors and holds more than 50,000 objects, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and an extensive library. The collection documents not only Hugo's literary output but also the author's wide-ranging artistic and decorative interests, as well as his family's memories. You can gain a deep insight into the life and work of one of the most influential French poets of the 19th century.