- Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 10am–6:30pm
- Last entry: 5:45pm
- Rooms close: 6:15pm
- Closed: Mondays, May 1, January 1, and December 25
- Official source: Check musee-rodin.fr before visiting; the garden closes 30 minutes before the museum
Quick overview
- Access: Included in all Rodin Museum tickets
- Separate ticket: Not required
- When you'll see it: Midway in the Hôtel Biron indoor galleries
- Visit duration: 10–15 min self-guided / 15–20 min with guide
- Best time: First hour on a weekday; indoor galleries are quieter and you can step back to view the full sculpture
- Restrictions: No flash photography. Large bags, food, and drinks are not allowed
The Kiss is included with all Rodin Museum tickets, and no separate ticket is needed; it matters because this marble group is Rodin’s clearest study of desire, movement, and polished form. You’ll find it inside Hôtel Biron rather than in the sculpture garden, usually reached after the first run of interior galleries. Choose a skip-the-line or guided visit so you reach it without queue fatigue and have enough time to read its details properly.
Best tickets to experience The Kiss
For most visitors, the surprise is that The Kiss began as a detail for The Gates of Hell before Rodin separated it into a standalone marble in the 1880s. It started as Dante’s Paolo and Francesca, then evolved from literary episode into one of modern sculpture’s defining images of desire. Today it remains a key work inside the Rodin Museum, shaping how visitors understand Rodin’s treatment of passion, narrative, and unfinished form.
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