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Maison de Victor Hugo

Maison de Victor Hugo (musée, 4th arrondissement): €996k paid by the City in 2021, 14 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.

Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.

€996k
paid by the City for this place in 2021

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 ↗

One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City

What the City funds here

Works and renovation
€4.5M
paid · 2016–2022

€27k in 2016 · €1.6M in 2019 (the highest) · €291k in 2022

2010

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At the Conseil de Paris

4 moments chosen from the 14 deliberations about this place.

OCTOBER 2007Charter signed for the Tourism and Disability label (mobility)The Council authorized the Mayor to sign the charter for awarding the museum the national "Tourisme et Handicap" label (physical disability).Read the decision ↗
JULY 2003The price of an acquisition disputed, an independent appraisal demandedIn 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.Read the decision ↗
JANUARY 2001Works contract approved to improve visitor reception, 6 place des VosgesThe 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.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 1997Victor Hugo drawing acquired for 300,000 F, jointly with Cernuschi museumThe 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.Read the decision ↗
4 more moments, 1998–2007
DECEMBER 2007New admission rates set for Hauteville HouseThe Council set new admission prices for Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's exile home in Guernsey, applicable from 1 April 2008.Read the decision ↗
DECEMBER 2007Agreement signed with the Maison du geste et de l'imageThe 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.Read the decision ↗
MARCH 2007Bequest of a work valued at €23,000 accepted for Hauteville HouseThe Council authorized the Mayor to accept a private individual's bequest, a work valued at €23,000, for the Hauteville House site (Guernsey).Read the decision ↗
OCTOBER 1998A 20,000 F donation accepted to buy photographs by Olivier MérielThe Council authorized accepting a donation of 20,000 francs from the AKG Photothèque company, intended for purchasing photographs by Olivier Mériel for the museum.Read the decision ↗

Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1928 · 1927 · 1919 · 1914

All deliberations ↗

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