Musée de Montmartre
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The Musée de Montmartre is a museum of cultural history located in Montmartre
in the XVIIIe arrondissement
at 12, rue Cortot, Paris
, France
. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.
The museum is housed in a 17th-century abbey, the "maison de Rosimond" named for a famous actor of Molière
's troupe, within the old village of Montmartre. Its main building has been home to famous artists and musicians including Maurice Utrillo
, Vincent van Gogh
, Raoul Dufy
, Erik Satie
, and Auguste Renoir, who painted "The Garden in the Rue Cortot, Montmartre" (1876) in its garden. According to the New York Times, its working vineyard is said to make the most expensive bad wine in the city.
Today the museum contains a collection of paintings, photographs, posters, and manuscripts documenting Montmartre's history. It also features temporary exhibits on artists that have lived in Montmartre, and contains a cultural center that presents lectures and concerts.
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
in the XVIIIe arrondissement
XVIIIe arrondissement
The 18th arrondissement , located on the Rive Droite , is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France...
at 12, rue Cortot, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.
The museum is housed in a 17th-century abbey, the "maison de Rosimond" named for a famous actor of Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
's troupe, within the old village of Montmartre. Its main building has been home to famous artists and musicians including Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Utrillo, , born Maurice Valadon, was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there....
, Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
, Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy[p] was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events...
, Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
, and Auguste Renoir, who painted "The Garden in the Rue Cortot, Montmartre" (1876) in its garden. According to the New York Times, its working vineyard is said to make the most expensive bad wine in the city.
Today the museum contains a collection of paintings, photographs, posters, and manuscripts documenting Montmartre's history. It also features temporary exhibits on artists that have lived in Montmartre, and contains a cultural center that presents lectures and concerts.