Museums in France
Discover 25 artists’ homes, studios and creative spaces across France. Browse by city or open a museum page for its description and practical visitor information.
Atelier Brancusi
Paris, France
Reconstruction of Constantin Brâncuși's Paris studio outside the Centre Pompidou, displaying his tools and signature works. A place of genuine historical and artistic significance, it offers a rare window into Constantin Brâncuși's work and life.
Atelier Cézanne
Aix-en-Provence, France
Cézanne's hilltop studio in Aix-en-Provence, where his famous still life objects still sit on the same shelves.
Bourdelle Museum
Paris, France
The Paris studio where sculptor Antoine Bourdelle lived and worked, now a museum preserving his monumental sculptures. Set in in the heart of Paris, the artist studio draws visitors from around the world who come to experience its unique atmosphere firsthand.
Chapelle Le Corbusier, Ronchamp
Ronchamp, France
Le Corbusier’s chapel stands on the hill of Notre-Dame du Haut. The site also includes Jean Prouvé’s bell tower and the monastery and gatehouse designed by Renzo Piano, bringing several generations of architecture together.
Château de Monte-Cristo
Le Port-Marly, France
The Château de Monte-Cristo is the fantastical home Alexandre Dumas built for himself at Le Port-Marly, west of Paris, in 1847 at the height of his fame and fortune. The main château — Renaissance Revival in style, encrusted with the names of his characters and works — is complemented by a small Moorish 'Château d'If' study cottage in the grounds, where Dumas worked and received guests.
Eugène Delacroix Museum
Paris, France
The Musée national Eugène Delacroix occupies the last apartment and garden studio of France's foremost Romantic painter, who moved here in 1857 to be nearer to the church of Saint-Sulpice, where he was working on monumental mural decorations. The rooms are intimate in scale and give a vivid sense of the working conditions in which some of his finest late paintings were produced.
Giacometti Institute
Paris, France
The Giacometti Institute presents Alberto Giacometti’s work and a reconstruction of his Montparnasse studio, assembled with original furnishings and objects. It occupies the former studio-house of decorator Paul Follot and hosts changing exhibitions.
Gustave Moreau Museum
Paris, France
Gustave Moreau's Paris home converted by the artist himself into a museum, containing over 14,000 of his mythological works. Today it stands as one of Paris's most compelling cultural sites, offering an intimate encounter with Gustave Moreau's work and life.
House of George Sand
Nohant, France
The house at Nohant in the Berry region of central France was the family home of Aurore Dupin — George Sand — and remained her true base throughout her life. From here she wrote more than eighty novels, numerous plays, and thousands of letters; it was here too that she received Frédéric Chopin, Flaubert, and Turgenev.
House Workshop Foujita
Villiers-le-Bâcle, Île-de-France, France
The rural Île-de-France studio where Japanese-French painter Léonard Foujita (Tsuguharu Foujita) worked in his later years. A place of genuine historical and artistic significance, it offers a rare window into Tsuguharu Foujita's work and life.
House-museum of Edmond Rostand
Cambo-les-Bains, France
Villa Arnaga was the home of playwright Edmond Rostand and poet Rosemonde Gérard. Its theatrical interiors and formal gardens bring together literature, decorative art and the landscape of the French Basque Country.
Jean Cocteau House
Milly-la-Forêt, Île-de-France, France
Jean Cocteau's country house in Milly-la-Forêt, decorated by the poet-artist himself with murals and personal treasures. A place of genuine historical and artistic significance, it offers a rare window into Jean Cocteau's work and life.
La Chapelle Matisse
Vence, France
The Chapelle du Rosaire welcomes visitors to the chapel associated with Henri Matisse and its adjoining museum space. It remains a place of worship as well as a visitor destination.
Le Corbusier studio apartment
Paris, France
Le Corbusier’s apartment and painting studio occupy the upper floors of the Molitor building in Paris. The restored living spaces, vaulted studio and roof garden reveal how the architect combined domestic life with artistic practice.
Maison Caillebotte
Yerres, France
Gustave Caillebotte’s family home stands beside the Yerres River, surrounded by the gardens and park that inspired many of his paintings. Restored domestic rooms introduce the painter’s family life and the landscape behind his work.
Maison de Pierre Loti
Rochefort, France
Writer and naval officer Pierre Loti transformed his Rochefort family home into an elaborate sequence of rooms inspired by his travels and imagination. Visits are guided and require advance booking, with departure from Musée Hèbre.
Maison Gainsbourg
Paris, France
Maison Gainsbourg pairs Serge Gainsbourg’s preserved home at 5 bis rue de Verneuil with a museum across the street devoted to his life and work. A timed, intimate audio experience leads through the house before the chronological museum collection.
Maison Louis Carré
Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
Maison Louis Carré welcomes visitors on guided tours of the house, followed by time in the park. Visits require advance booking and operate on a seasonal timetable.
Monet's House
Giverny, France
Claude Monet's pink farmhouse and the water garden he painted for thirty years in Giverny.
Musée de Montmartre
Paris, France
The Musée de Montmartre occupies a seventeenth-century house at 12 Rue Cortot — the oldest surviving building in Montmartre — that served as studio and lodging for successive generations of artists over more than a century. Renoir painted here in the 1870s; Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo lived and worked in the building during the early twentieth century.
Musée Jean-Jacques Henner
Paris, France
The Paris home of Alsatian painter Jean-Jacques Henner, preserving his studio and a large collection of his atmospheric works. Nestled in the heart of Paris, it preserves an extraordinary record of Jean-Jacques Henner's work and life for visitors to discover.
musée Maurice Ravel
Montfort-l’Amaury, France
Le Belvédère preserves Maurice Ravel’s small home in Montfort-l’Amaury, where he lived from 1921 until 1937. Guided visits reveal his piano, personal objects and carefully arranged interiors in the house associated with his later compositions.
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris
Paris, France
The museum occupies Yves Saint Laurent’s former couture house on avenue Marceau. It explores his fashion work and the setting in which his collections were developed.
Museum of Romantic Life
Paris, France
Dutch-French Romantic painter Ary Scheffer's Paris studio-house, associated with George Sand and Chopin, with a charming rose garden. Located in Paris, France, it has long been a cherished destination for those with an interest in art and painting.
Rodin Museum Meudon
Meudon, France
The Villa des Brillants was Auguste Rodin’s home and workplace in Meudon. The house, garden and gallery of plaster sculptures offer an intimate view of his creative process; Rodin and Rose Beuret are buried on the estate.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of museums are included?
The collection focuses on artists’ homes, writers’ houses, architects’ studios and other places connected to creative lives.
Should I check hours before visiting?
Yes. Opening hours and admission arrangements can change, so check the official museum link before travelling.