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It is open everyday except Mondays and holidays from 10 a.m.-5:40 p.m.
This is one of the City of Paris Museums and admission is free to the permanent exhibits.
Victor Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French author, the most important of the Romantic authors in the French language. His major works include the novels, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Les Misérables" and a large body of poetry.
Hugo was born in Besançon in the region of Franche-Comté. He lived in exile during the reign of Napoleon III - in Jersey 1852-1855 and in Guernsey from 1855 until his return to France in 1870.
Although Hugo is better known to the English-speaking world as a novelist, he first became known in France as a poet.
The French poetic traditions were well-established and Hugo's contribution was significant. He believed that the poet's purpose should be two-fold:
- To echo universal sentiment by revealing his own feelings, uniting the voices of mankind, nature and history.
- To guide the reader: "faire flamboyer l'avenir" - to lead the way.
The popularity of his novel, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was a considerable factor in restoring the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Hugo died in Paris on May 22, 1885. His death, and the national mourning which followed, inspired the French government to make the Panthéon in Paris a place of homage of the great men (and Madam Marie Curie) of France. He is buried in its necropolis.
The Maison de Victor Hugo has a wonderful collection of his sketches which hang through out the house. There are also theatrical posters of his plays on the walls.
The upstairs rooms contain his furniture and give an impression of life in Paris during the 19th century.
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