Hotel Biron, the location of the Musee Rodin, is a rococo mansion built in 1732. When Rodin first discovered it in 1908, the mansion was essentially abandoned, and he began renting four ground floor rooms, before taking over the whole building from 1911 onwards. This lay the foundations for the Musee Rodin, which was established in 1919. The house is still surrounded by 7.3 acres of grounds, and has the feel of a grand country estate, even though it is in the middle of Paris. Once inside its grounds you lose all sense of the surrounding city!
