{"id":2000104011,"date":"2026-03-03T13:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000104011"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:57:33","slug":"what-to-know-about-recently-reopened-musee-de-la-vie-romantique-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/what-to-know-about-recently-reopened-musee-de-la-vie-romantique-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about recently reopened Mus\u00e9e de la Vie Romantique in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The museum is dedicated to the Romantic movement, which flourished in France between the late 18th and mid-19th centuries, celebrating emotion, imagination, and the sublime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Housed in the former residence of Dutch-French painter Ary Scheffer, the museum preserves the legacy of both Scheffer and novelist George Sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the 1830s and 1850s, Scheffer hosted Friday salons at the residence, welcoming artists and intellectuals inspired by figures like Dante, Lord Byron, and Goethe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in Paris\u2019 ninth arrondissement, the property was originally surrounded by orchards and gardens before the area developed into a hub for literary and artistic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Scheffer\u2019s death in 1858, the residence changed hands several times before being acquired by the city and transformed into a museum in the 1980s. Today, it holds 2,340 works, with around 300 on display, and drew 230,000 visitors in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restoration aimed to return the building to its 19th-century appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the woodwork and window frames, we tried to restore the house\u2019s original color,\u201d Ga\u00eblle Rio, the museum director told Le Monde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The courtyard, greenhouse, tea room, and first-floor exhibitions were also updated to enhance visitor experience while respecting the building\u2019s status as a historical monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mark the reopening, the museum is launching a new exhibition, Facing the Sky, Paul Huet in His Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huet, a contemporary of Scheffer, is considered a precursor of French Romantic landscape painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis one echoes the \u2018Nature and Landscape\u2019 section and invites visitors to pause and reflect. I enjoy highlighting a single artist while exploring a subject through their perspective,\u201d Rio explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Few cities embraced Romanticism like Paris, which became a stage for artistic experimentation and a break from classical traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mus\u00e9e de la Vie Romantique now continues that legacy, offering visitors a glimpse into the passions and creativity that defined the era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Mus\u00e9e de la Vie Romantique in Paris reopened to the public on Valentine\u2019s Day after a year and a half of extensive renovations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000104014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[75,101],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000104011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-homenews","tag-internationl","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000104014,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":960,"height":768,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","width":150,"height":120},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","width":300,"height":240},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","width":768,"height":614},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","width":960,"height":768},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roman.jpg","width":960,"height":768}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000104011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000104023,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104011\/revisions\/2000104023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000104014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000104011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000104011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000104011"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000104011"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000104011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}