Musée Rodin, Paris

Rodin's Paris studio is one of the world's greatest small museums, filled with and surrounded by the master's sculptures

Once the critics stopped assailing Rodin's art, they realized he had been the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, and the studio Rodin worked in from 1908 until his death in 1917 was opened as a museum to house some of the artist's greatest works.

This place is one of my favorite small museums anywhere. In the rose gardens you'll find The Thinker, The Gate of Hell, The Burghers of Calais, and Balzac. Inside are collected many famed sculptures—The Kiss, The Three Shades, The Hand of God, Iris—along with some of Rodin's drawings and works by his friends and contemporaries.

77 rue de Varenne, 7eme in the Hôtel Biron (Métro: Varenne)
tel. +33-(0)1-44-18-61-10, www.musee-rodin.fr
Clsoed Mondays