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Le musée Rodin est un musée assurant depuis 1919 la conservation et la diffusion de l’œuvre d’Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). À travers ses deux sites, l'hôtel Biron de la rue de Varenne dans le 7e arrondissement à Paris et la villa des Brillants à Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine).
As one of the most revered destinations on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Rodin Museum offers a verdant, intimate setting in which to enjoy some of the world’s most renowned masterpieces of sculpture.
In this tranquil oasis you’ll find one of the world’s great collections of works by Auguste Rodin—and the only dedicated Rodin Museum outside France.
The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that contains one of the largest collections of sculptor Auguste Rodin 's works outside Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
With nearly 150 bronzes, marbles, and plasters, the distinguished collection housed in the Rodin Museum represents every phase of Auguste Rodin’s career. Located on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway—which was intended to evoke the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris—the elegant Beaux-Arts–style building and garden offer an ...
The repository of the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris features treasures such as The Gates of Hell and a bronze caste of The Thinker. All told, you’ll find more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures here, as well as a fascinating collection of drawings, paintings and studies.
Museum History. Exterior of the Rodin Museum showing the Meudon Gate, c.1930 (Photographs; Rodin Museum Records; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library & Archives) Philadelphia was the first city in the United States to exhibit works by Auguste Rodin. In 1876, the French artist sent eight sculptures to the Centennial Exposition held in Fairmount Park.
