Museum of Montmartre (Musee de Montmartre) description and photos - France: Paris (Topic)

Museum of Montmartre (Musee de Montmartre) description and photos - France: Paris. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Musee de Montmartre.

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The Montmartre Museum exists because in 1886 a group of artists decided to preserve and protect the history and culture of their beloved quarter. They gathered at the bistro, discussed the problem, and founded the Old Montmartre Society to seek and store any evidence of the area's history. In 1960, a museum was opened, which used everything that "Old Montmartre" managed to accumulate.

The museum's exposition is devoted to four themes: the history of the region, the Paris Commune, the holidays of Montmartre and bohemia. The model of the old village by the artist and sculptor Georges Vollmer is an excellent illustration of the first theme. You can clearly see how people lived on the hill when it was inhabited by workers who mined limestone and peasants. In the section dedicated to the Paris Commune, there are many posters and documents, telling about how the commune was born and how it was suppressed. The costumes of dancers and posters of the famous cabarets "Moulin Rouge", "Nimble Rabbit", "Black Cat", "Japanese Sofa", made by Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret and other famous masters, speak about the festive Montmartre. The section "Bohemia" presents photographs and canvases of many famous artists who lived and worked in Montmartre at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The old Rosimon mansion, which houses the museum, is also part of the history of Montmartre. It is believed to have belonged to Rosimon, playwright and actor in the Moliere troupe who played the role of Moliere after his death. Later there was the first studio of Auguste Renoir - in this garden he painted the lovely "Swing" and "Garden on rue Cortot in Montmartre." The artist Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo lived here, there were writers Leon Blois and Pierre Riverdie, artists Maximilian Luce, Oton Frizez, Raoul Dufy, Charles Camouan, Francis Poulbeau. It was Pulbo who saved the local vineyard in 1929, when they wanted to build residential buildings in its place. The vineyard Le Clos Montmartre, which runs down the hillside, is visible from the windows of the mansion, and in the shop at the museum you can buy not only books, but also local wine.

Now it is under restoration - an ambitious plan involves doubling the exhibition area and gardens, while the museum continues to work.

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