Maison de Jules Verne, History museum in Amiens, France.
This mansion at 2 rue Charles Dubois contains 700 heritage items, archival documents, and period furnishings from the 1800s spread across several chambers, a conservatory, and an observation tower.
Between 1882 and 1900, this residence served as home to Jules Verne, who composed many novels here while fulfilling his duties as Amiens city councilor.
The museum displays personal possessions, manuscripts, and scientific instruments that shaped Verne's extraordinary literary journeys and imaginative narratives.
The institution opens Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, plus weekend afternoons. Guided visits are offered in German, English, Spanish, and French for groups and individual visitors.
Interior decoration features a large planisphere alongside technical apparatus reflecting the technological themes Verne explored throughout his science fiction works.
Location: Amiens
Address: 2, rue Charles-Dubois
Opening Hours: Monday 09:45-12:00; Wednesday,Friday 10:00-12:30; Saturday,Sunday 14:00-18:00
Phone: +33322454575
Email: maisondejulesverne@amiens-metropole.com
Website: https://amiens.fr/Vivre-a-Amiens/Culture-Patrimoine/Etablissements-culturels/Maison-de-Jules-Verne
GPS coordinates: 49.88794,2.30203
Latest update: November 28, 2025 09:19
Amiens combines an architectural and natural heritage that reflects its rich historical past. The Notre-Dame Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France, stands in the city center at 145 meters long with medieval sculptures from the 13th century. The Museum of Picardie, the first French building designed specifically as a museum, houses art and archaeology collections spanning several centuries of regional history. The Hortillonnages constitute one of Amiens' natural treasures: this network of 300 hectares of canals and floating gardens, cultivated since the Middle Ages, offers boat trips amid preserved nature. Jules Verne's House allows visitors to explore the writer's universe in his 19th-century private mansion, where he authored about thirty novels. These sites, complemented by places like the Jules Verne Circus from 1889 and the modern Tour Perret, Europe's first reinforced concrete skyscraper, demonstrate the continuous development of the city and its adaptation to different eras.
France preserves the homes of its greatest writers, transformed today into literary museums. From Balzac's house in Paris, where the author of 'The Human Comedy' wrote his novels while drinking countless coffees, to Nohant Castle in Berry where George Sand met Chopin and Flaubert, these places tell the story of French literary creation. You can also visit Montaigne's tower in Périgord, where the philosopher wrote his Essays surrounded by his library, or the Château Monte-Cristo built by Alexandre Dumas after the success of his adventure novels. These houses offer direct access to the worlds of the authors who lived there. The priory of Saint-Cosme near Tours preserves the memory of Ronsard, a Renaissance poet, while the house of Aunt Léonie in Illiers-Combray takes visitors back to Marcel Proust’s childhood. In Normandy, Maurice Leblanc’s residence in Étretat celebrates Arsène Lupin’s universe, and in the Basque Country, the Arnaga villa showcases Edmond Rostand’s regional architecture, author of 'Cyrano de Bergerac.' Each visit helps understand how these writers lived, worked, and drew inspiration from their daily environments.
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