Because most of the museums are closed on Monday we took Sunday to visit the Louvre, afterwards I walked to the Rodin museum and the Eiffel Tower.
The Louvre is not the best place to view are quite frankly. It was the king’s palace before they moved to Versailles and it was used as a palace again by Napoleon III after the Revolution so the lighting is not great, it is a maze to get around in and of course the crowds are crazy. The Napoleon III apartments were actually the most interesting part to me.
The Rodin Museum on the other hand I highly recommend. It is in a small mansion that Rodin rented rooms in. It also has a couple of acres of nicely manicured grounds to display his bronze and marble sculpture on. The weather was perfect for my visit. The museum displayed pieces from Rodin’s personal collection (historical marbles as well as contemporaneous painters). It also had several paintings by Rodin and many models giving insight into the artistic process and his inspiration.
