Gustave Moreau spent the last years of his life converting his home and studio at 14 rue de La Rochefoucauld into the Musée National Gustave Moreau (musee-moreau.fr/en; adult/concession €8/6, first Sun of the month free) before leaving all his belongings to the state upon his death in 1898.
France honored his dying wishes and the museum is now a unique time capsule of 19th-century design (there’s an identical copy of the painter’s apartment on the 1st floor) and a full immersion into Moreau’s work, which was full of Greek mythology, biblical stories and religious allegory. It’s also home to one of the most Instagrammable staircases in Paris. Note that while some museums in Paris close on Mondays, this one doesn't but it is closed on Tuesdays.
