Gustave Flaubert Museum

The Gustave Flaubert Museum in Rouen occupies the birthplace of the famous writer, set in the historic Hôtel-Dieu, which has been listed as a Monument historique since 1932. Visitors will find a fascinating blend of literary and medical history. On the ground floor, you'll come across medical curiosities such as an eighteenth-century birthing machine, a collection of medical ceramics, and even the mummified heads of two troublemakers executed in 1789. On the second floor (the first floor by European count) is the surgeon's room where Flaubert was born in 1821, along with adjoining former patient rooms. Since 1982, the garden has been adorned with a high relief by Henri Chapu, which was originally mounted on the façade of the Museum of Fine Arts.