Musée Pasteur, Biographical museum in 15th arrondissement, Paris, France
Musée Pasteur is a biographical museum in Paris located within the Institut Pasteur complex at 25 Rue du Docteur Roux in the 15th arrondissement. The rooms contain more than 1,000 scientific instruments and personal objects alongside the private apartment where the scientist spent his final years.
The museum opened in 1935, created from a family donation: Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot, the scientist's grandson, gave the Institut Pasteur all the furniture and objects of his grandparents and had the apartment refitted to its original layout. The building was classified as a historical monument in 1981. It is currently closed for works, with reopening planned for 2027.
The visit ends in a Neo-Byzantine chapel built to plans by architect Charles Girault. In its crypt rest Louis Pasteur and his wife; the mosaics, made by the Paris workshop Guilbert-Martin after drawings by painter Luc-Olivier Merson, depict the scientist's fields of work.
The museum is closed for renovation work, with reopening planned for 2027. It occupies the apartment where Louis Pasteur lived his last seven years, inside the Institut Pasteur at 25 Rue du Docteur Roux in the 15th arrondissement; the visit ends at the Byzantine-inspired chapel holding his tomb. Check the Institut Pasteur website before travelling.
The chapel holds the tomb of Louis Pasteur and his wife, in a crypt decorated with mosaics made by the Paris workshop Guilbert-Martin after drawings by painter Luc-Olivier Merson. The mosaics depict the scientist's various fields of work. The chapel was built to plans by architect Charles Girault.
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