My Love Affair with Musée Rodin in Paris
To think we almost missed visiting this museum. Musée Rodin ended up being my favorite place in Paris. It’s home to many of Rodin’s sculptures, including ‘The Thinker’ and ‘Gates of Hell.’ Plus, it has the most amazing garden full of Rodin’s creations.
View of Musée Rodin from garden.’Ugolino and his children’
Looking towards the garden
‘The Thinker’
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- Roses at the base of ‘The Thinker’
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- ‘The Monument to Balzac’
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- Garden paths
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- Large trees hedged for privacy
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- Close-up of ‘Ugolino and his children’
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- ‘The Meditation’
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- ‘The Spirit of Eternal Rest’
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- Les Invalides dome over garden wall
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- ‘Orpheus imploring the Gods’
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- Garden pathway
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- ‘The Burghers of Calais’
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- Metal sculpture in garden courtyard
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- ‘Three Amigos’
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- ‘Gates of Hell’
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- ‘Cathedral Hands’
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- Bust of Auguste Rodin
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- Another version of ‘The Kiss?’
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- ‘Iris’
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- ‘The Kiss’
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- ‘Three Amigos’
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- ‘The Thinker’
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- The Thinker by Edvard Munch
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- Bust of Victor Hugo
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- ‘Le Cri’
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Gardening in My Rubber Boots 
Love, love, love that museum. Took an art history class when i spent my junior year in Paris. Spent many hours taking notes in front of the Gates of Hell. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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It really is a magical place isn’t it.
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I didn’t realize this museum existed, but it looks wonderful. We have a Rodin thinker outside the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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We heard about the museum when we hopped on one of those cheesy double-decker bus tours. Plus, we could see ‘The Thinker’ from the bus.
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This takes me back to art history! Only much more exciting. Oui oui!
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Fabulous. I must confess when in my early twenties to living in Paris for three months. I do not remember ever going here. Shameful! Hopefully I am just forgetting . . . but who could forget these. I did see them or copies at the Hirshhorn in Washington. Thank for taking us along with you! Beautiful photos. ;>)
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