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Musée Rodin: tickets, opening hours and what to see

The online Musée Rodin ticket is a skip-the-line ticket valid for one year, covering the Hôtel Biron and the sculpture garden. Under-18s and EU or EEA residents aged 18 to 25 enter free without booking.

  • Museum
  • Paris, France

In short

  • The online admission ticket skips the line and stays valid for one year after purchase.
  • Visitors under 18 and EU or EEA residents aged 18 to 25 enter free with a photo ID, without booking.
  • Admission is free for all on the first Sunday of each month from October to March.
  • The visit covers the Hôtel Biron, its eighteen rooms, and the sculpture garden with Rodin’s monumental bronzes.
  • The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday. Suitcases and large bags are refused under Vigipirate rules.
  • 18rooms of sculpture in the Hôtel Biron
  • 3 haenclosed site with house and garden
  • 33,000+works in the museum’s collections
  • 1919opening of the museum, on August 4

Don't miss

  1. The Age of Bronze rotunda

    A room with eighteenth-century wood trim, antique mirrors and pale parquet, among the museum’s finest.

  2. The Kiss

    Rodin’s white marble sculpture, on the route after the rotunda.

  3. The Camille Claudel room

    Room 16 shows works by Claudel, the sculptor who worked alongside Rodin.

  4. The Thinker and The Gates of Hell

    In the garden, look for Ugolino, The Kiss and The Three Shades among the figures of the unfinished Gates.

  5. The Walking Man

    In the last room, set among Rodin’s own antiquities.

Musée Rodin tickets: how to get them

Book on the official site

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Official prices 2026
TicketAdultGood to know
Admission ticket - musée RodinStandard entry€14+ €1 if booked in advance
Standard admissionStandard entry€14
Combined ticket - musée Rodin and musée de l'ArméeCombined ticket€26
Combined ticket - musée Rodin and musée d'OrsayCombined ticket€25
Combined ticket - musée Rodin and musée du quai Branly - Jacques ChiracCombined ticket€23
Family Sundays combined ticketCombined ticket€24Timed slot
Membership card - 1 personAnnual pass€35
Membership card - 1 person + 1 guestAnnual pass€60
Welcome to Hell Evening 2026Evening entry€27Valid 31 October 2026 to 31 October 2026 · Timed slot · Booking required
Family Sundays activityGuided tour€12Timed slot
Adult audio guideWith audio guide€6.50
Children audio guideChild €6.50With audio guide

Free entry (2026)

  • Teachers
  • Under 18s
  • Under 26s from the EU (Only for: EEA nationals and residents)
  • Visitors with disability and one companion
  • First Sunday of the month (October to March) (next: Sunday 1 November)

Which ticket is right for you?

  • You only visit the Musée Rodin

    Admission ticket - musée Rodin

    Skip-the-line access, valid for one year from purchase.

  • You also plan to see Orsay (or the quai Branly, or the Musée de l’Armée)

    Combined ticket - musée Rodin and musée d’Orsay

    One visit to each museum within 3 months of purchase.

  • You will come back several times in a year

    Membership card - 1 person

    Unlimited skip-the-line access for one year. Personal and non-transferable.

  • You are under 18, or an EU or EEA resident aged 18 to 25

    Free admission

    No booking: show a photo ID at the entrance.

Your visit, step by step

  1. Hôtel Biron, ground floor

    Cantor Hall

    The visit starts at the monumental staircase.

  2. First rooms

    Rodin’s early career

    Three rooms before the rotunda of The Age of Bronze.

  3. Further on

    The Kiss

    The white marble sculpture after the rotunda.

  4. First floor

    Look out of the windows

    The bronzes in the garden below, a foretaste of what comes next.

  5. Room 16

    Camille Claudel

    Works by Claudel, a reminder of the ties between the two artists.

  6. Last room

    The Walking Man

    Among Rodin’s personal antiquities.

  7. Sculpture garden

    The monumental bronzes

    The Thinker and the monumental works, among the rose garden, the parterre and the woodland.

The online ticket and the combined tickets

The official ticket shop sells a skip-the-line ticket, valid for one year from the purchase date.

Three combined tickets pair the Musée Rodin with a neighbor. Each is valid for 3 months from the purchase date, for one visit to each site:

Option What it opens Validity
Admission ticket Hôtel Biron, sculpture garden, temporary exhibition 1 year
Rodin + Musée d’Orsay One visit to each museum 3 months
Rodin + Musée du quai Branly One visit to each museum 3 months
Rodin + Musée de l’Armée One visit to each, including the Tomb of Napoleon I 3 months
Membership card Unlimited skip-the-line access 1 year from pickup

It covers the permanent collections in the Hôtel Biron and the sculpture garden, plus the temporary exhibition when one is on. The online price includes a small fee for that direct access. See the ticket table above. The museum also sells tickets at its own desk, where it takes cards and cash.

Paris Museum Pass holders enter free. If you come back often, the membership card gives a year of unlimited skip-the-line access. A reduced rate applies to visitors under 30, and the card is strictly personal.

Who enters free, and what to bring

Free visitors do not book: you show a valid proof of eligibility at the entrance, at the access control. The list is long, and these groups cover most travelers:

  • visitors under 18, with a photo ID
  • residents of the European Union and the European Economic Area aged 18 to 25 inclusive, with a photo ID
  • visitors with disabilities and their companion
  • job seekers, with a France Travail document less than 6 months old and a photo ID.

On the first Sunday of each month from October to March, admission is free for everyone, again without advance booking.

  • Avoid this mistake

    Free entry from 18 to 25 depends on residence, not age alone: it applies to residents of the EU and the EEA. Other visitors in that age group pay, unless another condition on the official list applies, so check before you skip the ticket shop.

Three spaces on an enclosed site

The site covers three hectares, fully enclosed, and splits into three distinct spaces. The reception building holds the temporary exhibition room and the shop.

The museum, in the Hôtel Biron, holds the permanent collections. The sculpture garden shows Rodin’s monumental works. The address is 77 rue de Varenne, served by Varenne metro station on Line 13, and the shop at 79 rue de Varenne can be visited without an admission ticket.

The garden has several moods: a rose garden to the north, a large parterre and woodland to the south, and a rest area beyond the pond. It stays accessible until dusk, so from November through March the ticket shop advises visiting it earlier in the day. The café-restaurant L’Augustine sits in the heart of the garden.

Inside the Hôtel Biron, room by room

The museum presents the collection in eighteen rooms, ordered around Rodin’s creative process: clay sketches, plaster casts, bronzes and marbles.

  • Good to know

    The galleries of the permanent collection are not air-conditioned. During a heatwave, the museum advises visitors to drink plenty of water. The Studio Rodin, in the Chapel, is air-conditioned.

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The museum warns that some works may be on loan to other institutions, so their presence is never guaranteed. Its own description of the route runs as follows:

  1. The Cantor Hall, with its monumental staircase.
  2. Three rooms on the artist’s early career.
  3. A rotunda for The Age of Bronze, with eighteenth-century wood trim, antique mirrors and pale parquet floors.
  4. The white marble of The Kiss.
  5. Room 16, given to Camille Claudel, a reminder of the ties between the two artists.
  6. The last room, where The Walking Man stands among Rodin’s own collection of antiquities.

Light comes in through large bay windows overlooking the garden, so the sculptures look different with the season and the time of day. From the first-floor windows you see the bronzes waiting below. Animated films on marble carving, lost-wax bronze casting and molding run along the route.

The bronzes in the garden

The garden is where the museum shows Rodin’s monumental works, and the official description names it as home to The Thinker.

The museum lists The Gates of Hell, The Burghers of Calais and the Monument to Balzac among its essential works. The Gates of Hell, left unfinished, contains elements of several major works, including The Thinker, Ugolino, The Kiss and The Three Shades: look for them in the mass of figures on the doors.

Rodin also collected. Among his purchases were three paintings by Van Gogh, including Père Tanguy, which the museum lists among its essential works.

Audio guides for adults and children

The adult audio guide offers three routes, in French, English, German, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, for ages 11 and up:

  • the masterpieces tour, about 1 hour
  • the Hôtel Biron tour, about 2 hours
  • the garden tour, about 45 minutes.

For children, an interactive tablet follows Dante and Clarisse from work to work, with games and clues and a final quiz. It lasts about an hour, in French and English, and is available every day the museum is open. On Sundays, except the first Sunday of the month, the museum runs Family Sundays guided tours, in French only, for children aged 6 and over with an adult. Arrive about 15 minutes before your slot.

From a rented studio to a national museum

  • 1732 The Hôtel Biron, a rococo mansion by the architect Jean Aubert, is completed.
  • 1908 Rodin finds it nearly abandoned and rents four ground-floor rooms.
  • 1911 He takes over the whole building.
  • 1916 A law allows the French State to accept his donation and gives the mansion and its garden to a museum.
  • 1919 The Musée Rodin opens on August 4.

The museum is France’s only self-financing national museum, with no state funding.

Bags, strollers and the closing routine

Under the government’s Vigipirate security measures, suitcases of all sizes and large bags are refused. Only small backpacks get in. The free cloakroom, in the Hôtel Biron at the entrance to the permanent collections, takes backpacks, large umbrellas and small luggage, but not large bags or valuables such as cameras, money and identity documents. Only umbrella-type strollers are allowed inside, and scooters and bikes are not.

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The ticket office closes one hour before the museum, and staff start clearing the rooms 15 minutes before closing time. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday and closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25. Check the opening hours below.

Ramps and an elevator give access to the whole collection, and wheelchairs are available at the cloakroom. Guide dogs are allowed everywhere on the site. Blind and visually impaired visitors can borrow gloves and a large-print and braille booklet for a tactile visit of selected sculptures, against a valid ID.

Opening hours

Opening hours 2026 (local time)
PeriodDaysHours
All yearTuesday to Sunday10 am to 6:30 pm last entry 5:45 pm
31 OctoberSaturday night visits7 pm to 11:30 pm last entry 9:30 pm
24 DecemberThursday10 am to 5:30 pm last entry 4:45 pm
31 DecemberThursday10 am to 5:30 pm last entry 4:45 pm
  • Closed on 1 January
  • Closed on 1 May
  • Closed on 25 December

Before you go

  • No suitcases of any size and no large bags. Small backpacks only.
  • Bring a photo ID if you claim free entry by age or residence.
  • Only umbrella-type strollers go inside. Scooters and bikes stay out.
  • Valuables such as cameras, money and identity documents are not accepted at the cloakroom.
  • The museum is closed on Mondays, and on January 1, May 1 and December 25.

Accessibility

Lift
Yes
Wheelchair loan
Yes, on site

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Frequently asked questions

How long is a Musée Rodin ticket valid?

The online admission ticket is valid for one year from the purchase date. Combined tickets with a second museum are valid for 3 months, for one visit to each site.

Is the Musée Rodin free for under-26s?

Visitors under 18 enter free. From 18 to 25 inclusive, entry is free for residents of the European Union and the European Economic Area, with a photo ID.

Do I need to book if I enter free?

No. Visitors entitled to free admission do not book in advance. They show their proof of eligibility at the entrance.

Can I bring a suitcase to the Musée Rodin?

No. Under Vigipirate measures, suitcases of any size and large bags are prohibited. Only small backpacks are allowed. The free cloakroom takes backpacks and small luggage.

How long does the Musée Rodin visit take?

The adult audio guide gives an idea: about 1 hour for the masterpieces, about 2 hours for the Hôtel Biron and about 45 minutes for the garden.

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Sources

  • Musée Rodin official 10 pages
  • Wikidata
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikipedia

Facts last checked on 26 October 2026. Prices and opening hours change, often in January: confirm on the official website before you go.