Maison de Victor Hugo
Maison de Victor Hugo (musée, 4th arrondissement): €4.5M of City money since 2010, 14 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.
4.5€M
paid by the City for this place since 2010
Maisons de Victor Hugo is a Parisian monographic museum, located at 6 place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement, which preserves the former hôtel de Rohan-Guémené where Victor Hugo rented the second-floor apartment for sixteen years, from 1832 to 1848. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
4.5€M
paid · 2016–2022
3 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
27 k € in 2016 · 291 k € in 2022
2010
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What the Paris Council said about it
4 moments chosen from the 16 deliberations read.
OCTOBER 2007A national accessibility label for the museumThe Council authorized the Mayor to sign the charter for awarding the museum the national "Tourisme et Handicap" label (physical disability).JULY 2003A councillor disputes a purchase priceIn session, councillor Yves Pozzo di Borgo asked for the name of the expert who had appraised the price of the acquired work and made his vote conditional on an appraisal independent of the seller.JANUARY 2001The museum redesigns public receptionThe Council approved the terms of a works contract to improve public reception at 6 place des Vosges, and authorized the Mayor to sign it, after having approved the principle of a partial restructuring in 2000.NOVEMBER 1997First documented purchase for the collectionsThe Council authorized the Mayor to acquire, for the Maison de Victor Hugo, a drawing by Victor Hugo, "Composition abstraite" (300,000 francs), as part of a joint purchase with the Musée Cernuschi.4 more moments, 1998–2007
DECEMBER 2007New prices for the Guernsey siteThe Council set new admission prices for Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's exile home in Guernsey, applicable from 1 April 2008.DECEMBER 2007Cultural activities with a partnerThe Council authorized the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Maison du geste et de l'image for a programme of cultural activities with the museum.MARCH 2007A bequest enriches the exile homeThe Council authorized the Mayor to accept the bequest of Mr Walter Beardmore, a work valued at €23,000, for the Hauteville House site (Guernsey).OCTOBER 1998Corporate patronage enters the museumThe Council authorized accepting a donation of 20,000 francs from the AKG Photothèque company, intended for purchasing photographs by Olivier Mériel for the museum.Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1928 · 1927 · 1919 · 1914
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