Quick overview

  • Access: Included in all Rodin Museum tickets
  • Separate ticket: Not required
  • When you'll see it: In the sculpture garden, usually early or midway in a flexible self-guided route
  • Visit duration: 15–25 min self-guided / 20–30 min with guide
  • Best time: Weekday mornings before 11am for softer light and fewer garden visitors
  • Restrictions: Photography allowed without flash. Large bags, food, and drinks are not allowed inside the museum.

The Gates of Hell is included with all Rodin Museum tickets, and no separate ticket is needed; this nearly 6m bronze portal matters because it became the source work for many of Rodin’s most recognized figures. You’ll find it in the sculpture garden outside Hôtel Biron, usually seen before or after the indoor galleries because the museum route is flexible rather than fixed. Give it a deliberate stop, not a passing glance, because its scale only makes sense once you step back, then move in close.

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Commissioned in 1880 for a museum of decorative arts that was never built, The Gates of Hell became Rodin’s lifelong laboratory for nearly 37 years. What began as a doorway grew into the source of many independent sculptures, including The Thinker. Today, the bronze in the Rodin Museum garden functions less as an entrance than as the key to understanding Rodin’s imagination at full scale.

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Know before you go

  • Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am–6:30pm
  • Last entry: 5:45pm
  • Rooms close: 6:15pm
  • Garden close: 30 minutes before the museum
  • Closed: Mondays, May 1, January 1, and December 25
  • Official info: Check the Rodin Museum website before visiting: musee-rodin.fr

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