Maison de Balzac
Maison de Balzac (musée, 16th arrondissement): €49k of City money since 2010, 7 Paris Council deliberations and municipal bulletin extracts, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
49k €
ordered from companies for this place — contract ceilings, not spending
The Maison de Balzac is a pavilion housing a museum dedicated to Honoré de Balzac, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
49k €
contract ceiling · 2019
One contract signed in 2019, 49 k € ceiling
A contract amount is a ceiling, not spending: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen from the 45 deliberations read.
MARCH 2012Selling the neighbouring houses angers the 16th arrondissementOn the plan to sell the adjoining property at 43-45 rue Raynouard, Mr Alphand and Mr Dreyfuss filed a motion for the safeguarding of the Maison de Balzac.SEPTEMBER 2011The museum's expansion becomes a political issueThe UMPPA group filed a motion asking the Mayor to abandon the sale of the houses adjoining the museum, deemed necessary for its expansion.NOVEMBER 2004An 1826 edition printed by BalzacThe Mayor was authorised to acquire for the museum the 1826 edition of La Physiologie du mariage printed by Balzac, for €130,000.NOVEMBER 2001Preventive excavations in the gardenThe Council approved the principle of preventive archaeological excavations in the garden of the Maison de Balzac and authorised two agreements.SEPTEMBER 2000The City enriches the museum's collectionsThe Mayor was authorised to acquire a Balzac manuscript for the Maison de Balzac, for 350,000 francs.NOVEMBER 1995First municipal support for the friends' societyThe Council granted 10,000 francs to the Société des amis d'Honoré de Balzac et de la Maison de Balzac, based at the museum's address.One more moment, 2000
MARCH 2000A contractual framework with the friends' societyThe Mayor was authorised to sign an objectives agreement with the Société des amis d'Honoré de Balzac et de la maison de Balzac.Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1966 · 1960 · 1933 · 1931
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