Musée Rodin, Paris

The Musée Rodin in Paris is dedicated to the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin, and occupies the elegant Hôtel Biron where he once worked. In its rose garden stands The Thinker, one of the most famous sculptures in the world.

  • The Thinker

    ByDominik Szobak

    One cast of this sculpture has had its legs blown apart, and the museum decided to leave it that way. In March 1970 someone planted explosives beneath the cast outside the Cleveland Museum of Art. After consulting the Musée Rodin, Cleveland concluded that restoring it would be a forgery. It stands by the entrance today,…