The Musée Rodin occupies the Hôtel Biron, an elegant 18th-century mansion where Auguste Rodin lived and worked for the last decade of his life. He bequeathed the house and his entire collection to the French state on the condition that they maintained it as a museum — one of the better deals in the history of French cultural policy.
The garden is the highlight: Rodin's monumental bronzes — The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Burghers of Calais — are placed among rose bushes and gravel paths, the Invalides dome visible above the trees. In good weather, this is one of the most pleasant hours you can spend in Paris. The €4 garden-only ticket is excellent value.
The interior rooms display smaller sculptures, drawings, and works from Rodin's personal collection including paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, and Renoir. Rodin's companion and collaborator Camille Claudel is also well represented; her work stands comparison with his.