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The www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr website is managed by the City of Paris.
Podcast in Victor Hugo's house
The podcast has 6 episodes, immersing listeners in Victor Hugo's house in Guernsey. The visit is embodied by Léo Tybil, a young poet lacking inspiration, and Julie Chenay, Victor Hugo's sister-in-law, who lives in the house following Victor Hugo's return to France. Julie shows him around the house...
Paris I Love You
MyParisJeTaime Find points of interest and suggested activities in our museum via the Paris Je t'aime application - Paris Tourist Office Paris I love you app
Practical information about the library
The library is open to researchers by appointment and open to the general public for specific events.
Decors Created by Victor Hugo
The third type of art created by Victor Hugo was interior design. This is the least-known aspect of his creative genius and the museum is uniquely positioned to showcase it. Victor Hugo entirely refurbished Hauteville House on Guernsey. Today, the whole house remains the work of art that Charles...
The apartment in the days of Victor Hugo
The apartment on the Place des Vosges, which was re-let after the Hugo family’s departure, and later converted into classrooms, has undergone many changes. The layout of the rooms has been altered, and most of the furniture was sold off in separate lots in 1852 as the family departed into exile...
History of the Museum
Discover the private world of Victor Hugo. Get to know the man, the visionary artist, the proactive thinker and, of course, the writer of genius.
Hugobjects and mementos
Victor Hugo was so famous and popular that an unprecedented number of objects of all kinds were made in his image from the 1870s to the 1890s. But these mementos were also created in the privacy of the home, with souvenirs and relics of the poet's life and his family, especially Léopoldine. These...
Illustrations
Many of Victor Hugo’s characters have taken shape in our imagination through the images created by illustrators who contributed to the 19th-century popularity of illustrated publications. But the poet's writing also inspired painters and sculptors very early on. Thus the iconography of his literary...
Visit Hauteville House in the days of Victor Hugo
Charles Hugo published his book, “Chez Victor Hugo par un passant” [At Victor Hugo’s House, by a Passer-by] in 1864. In it, he recalled Hauteville House the way it was when his father had just refurbished it. He takes you on a tour of the house, in the company of the photographer Edmond Bacot: “The...