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GET YOUR PASSPORTS READY! Rodin Museum in Paris to reopen on November 12 after three years of extensive renovation

With the help of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, The Musée Rodin, often voted Paris’ most beloved museum, has during the past three years undergone a complete renovation.  This work has been the most extensive conducted since Auguste Rodin himself used the eighteenth-century palace more than 100 years ago.  The renovation will not only give visitors a better understanding of how the building looked and was used during Rodin’s time, it will also elevate the popular museum’s infrastructure to the high standards of today’s modern museums.  In addition, the Musée’s staff is planning a complete re-installation of the artworks, emphasizing Rodin’s working methods.

As Ryan Fisher, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Cantor Foundation, explains, “The Cantors’ support for the Musée Rodin goes back more than 60 years, to the days when Bernie Cantor became friends with the museum’s then-director, Cécile Goldscheider.  That support continues today because of the Musée’s strong leader, Catherine Chevillot, whose friendship with Iris Cantor and the Cantor Foundation is ongoing.  Part of this long relationship has always been simple friendship. Part has been a shared desire to encourage scholarship.  The largest part has been the feeling that it’s important to preserve Rodin’s art in the way Rodin himself would have.  It is no surprise that Iris and the Cantor Foundation are joining with Catherine Chevillot and her inspired team to preserve the integrity of the Musée Rodin for future generations.”