Musée Maillol Museum

Address: Musée Maillol, 59-61 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France

Website: https://museemaillol.com

Hours: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm, closed Mondays

Admission: Adult ~€12-15 (check website for current prices)

Musée Maillol is a Paris museum centred on the works of sculptor Aristide Maillol and the collection assembled by his model and patron Dina Vierny. It presents a permanent collection of Maillol’s sculptures and drawings alongside rotating temporary exhibitions.

The museum occupies a townhouse-style building on the Rive Gauche and arranges galleries for Maillol’s figurative sculpture as well as spaces for contemporary shows. Exhibitions alternate between the permanent holdings and loaned works, making the programme varied across visits.

The institution was created to preserve and display Maillol’s output and to stage complementary exhibitions; it is a focused museum rather than a large encyclopedic collection. It is sited in central Paris’s 7th arrondissement within walking distance of other cultural sites.

The museum address places it on Paris’s left bank close to central landmarks, making it easily reachable by public transport and on pedestrian routes through the area.

• Collection focus: Founded around the collection assembled by Dina Vierny, the museum centres on Maillol’s sculpture and related works while hosting temporary exhibitions.
• Practical note: Located on Paris’s left bank, the museum is compact and often combined with visits to other central institutions in the 7th arrondissement.

What to See#

• Permanent Maillol collection: The museum’s permanent presentation of Aristide Maillol’s sculptures and drawings, comprising the core collection assembled by Dina Vierny.
• Temporary exhibition galleries: Gallery spaces used for rotating temporary exhibitions that bring modern and contemporary art to the same museum setting.

Musée Maillol is in the 7th arrondissement on Rue de Grenelle. By Metro take line 12 to Rue du Bac (about a 4-6 minute walk to Rue de Grenelle) or use the RER C to Musée d’Orsay and walk roughly 10-12 minutes west along Quai d’Orsay and Boulevard Saint-Germain. By car it is a short drive from central Paris (roughly 2-3 km southwest of Île de la Cité) via Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue de Grenelle; expect urban traffic and limited parking near the museum.

• Visit on a weekday morning or late afternoon when the small galleries are least crowded; the museum's compact layout fills up quickly around mid-day and during weekends.
• Buy tickets in advance from the museum website if possible to avoid queuing at the entrance and to time your visit to quieter slots.
• Don't hurry past the temporary exhibition spaces and the sculpture-focused rooms - many visitors concentrate on the permanent displays and miss the rotating shows and smaller sculpture installations.