Maison des Musiciens, Classified historical house in Reims, France

The Maison des Musiciens is a 13th-century stone house on Rue du Tambour in Reims, listed as a classified historical monument. Its facade is decorated with five carved stone figures depicting musicians playing instruments such as a flute, a drum, a small harp, and a viola.

The house is documented from the 13th century, standing at 18-20 rue du Tambour on a shared cellar, with two storeys and dormers. Its name came from its resemblance to the Maison Saint-Julien-des-Ménétriers in Paris. The facade was dismantled in 1917 and partly saved; the house itself was destroyed in the First World War. The surviving facade was reassembled in a room of the Musée Saint-Remi, and an association, Renaissance de la Maison des Musiciens, campaigns to rebuild the facade and its five statues.

The house owes its name to its resemblance to the Maison de Saint-Julien-des-Ménétriers in Paris, a comparison recorded in the sources. The five over-life-size figures stood in niches between the first-floor windows, and the ground floor held narrow shop openings in round arches plus a wide porch of the same form.

The house stood at 18-20 rue du Tambour, but it was destroyed in the First World War; its facade was dismantled in 1917 and partly reassembled in a room of the Musée Saint-Remi, where the first floor with the five musicians is displayed. In the street itself only the neighbouring Maison des comtes de Champagne at no. 22 remains, and it reuses the courtyard and site of the musicians' house. The courtyard behind it is paved and connects with the Musée-hôtel Le Vergeur.

The facade was dismantled in 1917 and only partly saved; it was re-erected inside a room of the Musée Saint-Remi, where the first floor is reconstructed so the five figures can be seen in place. An association, Renaissance de la Maison des Musiciens, is working on rebuilding the facade and the five statues at the original site.