During the Journées du Patrimoine, museums and monuments are open to the public free of charge, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the city of Paris. The capital has been home to many of the world's greatest writers and authors.
These include the Maison de Balzac, as well as the Maison de Victor Hugo, which offers free tours on September 20 and 21, 2025, on the life of the famous writer, his children, the history of his house and many other themes.
In this house on Place des Vosges, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, visitors can discover Victor Hugo's study, bedroom and Chinese salon, transformed into a monographic museum. Temporary exhibitions on Hugo's novels, poems, love affairs and friendships are also on show all year round on the second floor of the house... With the chance to observe prints, paintings and sculptures paying tribute to him, as well as period furniture! In the house's leafy courtyard, you can also discover France's culinary heritage at Café Mulot!
Journées du Patrimoine 2025: visit artists' homes in Paris and the Île-de-France region
The Journées du Patrimoine are back in Paris and the Île-de-France region this weekend, September 20-21, 2025. What do you say to a visit to one of the many artists' homes in the Paris region? We reveal the program for this 42nd edition. [Read more]
During this 2025 edition of the Journées du Patrimoine, a large number of museums and art foundations are opening their doors free of charge in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Join us on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2025, for a program full of wonderful discoveries. [Read more]
Discover Victor Hugo's home, where he lived with his family from 1832 to 1848.
Visits to the museum library on Victor Hugo and Europe,
"I would like to sign my life with a great deed, and die. Thus, the founding of the United States of Europe."
This project, which he championed from the late 1840s in speeches to the International Peace Congresses and the National Assembly, provoked mockery from conservative circles, who considered it utopian and... poetic. In the 20th century, however, the builders of Europe expressed their admiration for Hugo's visionary ideas.
Dates and Opening Time
From September 20, 2025 to September 21, 2025
Location
Victor Hugo's house
6, place des Vosges
75004 Paris 4
Prices
Free
Journées du Patrimoine 2025: visit artists' homes in Paris and the Île-de-France region
Journées du Patrimoine 2025: the program at museums in Paris and the Île-de-France region
