Maison de Victor Hugo, Literary museum in Place des Vosges, France
The Maison de Victor Hugo is a literary museum on the Place des Vosges in the fourth arrondissement, presenting the writer's apartment on the second floor of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée. The rooms cover 280 square meters (about 3000 square feet) and display furniture, drawings, and manuscripts from his life.
Victor Hugo lived here from 1832 to 1848 and completed works such as Ruy Blas and parts of Les Misérables during this time. The apartment became a museum in 1903 after Paris acquired the building.
The Chinese salon holds furniture from Juliette Drouet's Guernsey house, Hauteville Fairy, which Hugo decorated with the intertwined initials V.H. and J.D. worked into the tapestries. The red salon recalls his years on the square with a bust by David d'Angers and portraits of the Romantic circle he received there.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM, with the entrance at number 6 on the Place des Vosges. The apartment sits on the second floor without an elevator, so visitors should plan for stairs.
A Chinese living room displays furniture that Hugo designed himself during his exile on Guernsey, reflecting his interest in Asian art. He also created drawings and decorations that appear in several rooms today.
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