Musée Lenine

The Musée Lenine was a biographical museum housed in a small 59-square-meter apartment on rue Marie-Rose, displaying the living spaces of the Soviet leader. The rooms were arranged to show how he and his family inhabited the space during their stay in Paris.

The apartment served as the residence of the Soviet leader during his exile in France from 1909 to 1912. After World War II, the Communist Party acquired the building and converted it into a museum that remained open to visitors until 2007.

The site served as a memorial to Lenin's time in France and demonstrated how the Communist Party preserved this chapter of history. The rooms reflected the daily life of an important political figure and attracted those curious about this era.

The museum was located in a residential neighborhood on rue Marie-Rose and could be toured like a regular apartment. The space was small, so visits were brief and intimate without long queues or crowded rooms.

The museum attracted high-ranking Soviet visitors, including two major leaders who visited during the 1960s and 1980s. These visits highlighted the international importance of the site to the communist movement.