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Following in depth renovations, the Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris is ready to reopen to the general public in February…

Back in September 2024, the Musée de la Vie Romantique (the Museum of Romantic Life) in Paris’ ninth arrondissement closed its doorways for main refurbishment works to the outside façade and the inside, which wanted freshening up and modernizing, whereas additionally reconnecting with the constructing’s historical past. The museum might be reopening on February 14, 2026, simply in time for Valentine’s Day.

Located on the foot of Montmartre hill, within the Nouvelle ATHENS district, the listed constructing was inbuilt 1830 and instantly bought by painter Ary Musée de la Vie Romantique (the Museum of Romantic Life) in B Paris’ ninth arrondissement closed its doorways for main refurbishment works to the outside façade and the inside, which wanted freshening up and modernizing, whereas additionally reconnecting with the constructing’s historical past. The museum might be reopening on February 14, 2026, simply in time for Valentine’s Day.

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ocated on the foot of Montmartre hill, within the New Athens district, the listed constructing was inbuilt 1830 and instantly bought by painter Ary
Façade of the House of Ary Scheffer (1865) by Arie Johannes Lamme Scheffer, who arrange two portray studios within the property. In the Eighties, it was opened as a museum by the City of Parisan annex to the Musée Carnavalet, in fact-before internet hosting non permanent exhibitions and taking over the identify of Musée de la Vie Romantique.

RECONNECTING WITH HISTORY

The 17-month refurbishment has restored the home’s authentic character, based mostly on a portray preserved within the Dordrecht Museum within the Netherlands. The façade has been coated in lime within the conventional Nineteenth-century type, all of the home windows and carpentry have been refitted with that point’s approach and the shutters have been painted of their authentic, mild brown colour.

Inside, the exhibition house has been reimagined to replicate the ambiance of an artist’s dwelling from the 1830s, moderately than purely a museum. Each room has been designed round a colour scheme, whereas remaining consistent with the décor launched within the Eighties, when the museum first opened. An improved path additionally leads guests to the gorgeous Rose Bakery tea store which is ready within the museum’s greenhouse.

ROMANTIC LIFE

The museum now gives a wholly new presentation of the collections, inside an inaugural non permanent exhibition, devoted to the painter Paul Huet (1803-1869), his whimsical landscapes and the visible motif of the sky, might be working till August 30 this 12 months.

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Set inside one among Paris’ most atmospheric neighborhoods, the Musée de la Vie Romantique’s reimagined exhibition house gives a comfortable encounter with Romanticism, hanging an ideal steadiness between emotion and artwork historical past. It is as soon as once more a fascinating cease for anybody in search of a extra poetic facet of the City of Love.

Museum of Romantic Life Hotel Scheffer-Renan,

16 Rue Chaptal 75009 Paris.

Tel: +33 (0)1 55 31 95 67.

museevieromantique.paris.fr

Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm.

Closed on December 25, January 1 and May 1.

From France Today Magazine

Lead picture credit score: Views of the Romantic Life Museum development web site, September 2025. © Jean-Baptiste Gurliat _ City of Paris