As night falls, head for Mont-Louis in Montmorency to visit the Maison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau during Nuit des Musées 2025, the 21st edition of which takes place on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Although the philosopher lived in Montmorency for just five years - between 1757 and 1762 - he wrote his greatest works here: Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse, Du Contrat social, and Émile ou de l'Éducation.
Rousseau's controversial Émile ou de l'Éducation, which earned him exile, has made the town of Montmorency a place of pilgrimage for lovers of literature. Although the philosopher's house is still in use after his departure, the town of Montmorency has made every effort to recover it and turn it into a museum dedicated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
In this reconstructed house, we discover furniture and objects in the style of the Rousseau period, including Rousseau's bed, Thérèse's bed, the table on which he wrote his Nouvelle Héloïse, his barometer and 2 crystal jars from which Rousseau sheltered his light, so he could read in the garden at night.
On the walls, original documents take us back to Rousseau's Montmorency period, for a biographical presentation of the philosopher of the Enlightenment. A great idea for all readers of the philosopher... or high school students studying him for the French bac, as the case may be.
Dates and Opening Time
On May 17, 2025
Location
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Museum
5 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
95160 Montmorency
Prices
Free
Official website
www.ville-montmorency.fr
More information
Reservations for guided tours the same day, at the Museum reception desk.
