Singular spaces

An architectural layer cake, the museum is comprised of a composite ensemble of buildings constructed between 1878 and 1992. Connected by three gardens, full of bronze sculptures, the buildings have been juxtaposed, built against one another, and transformed over time: workshops from the late 19th century repurposed into rooms dedicated to the permanent collection; a building clad in red bricks, designed in 1961 by Henri Gautruche for the display of monumental plaster casts; a geometric concrete construction erected by Christian de Portzamparc in 1992 to house exhibition space, curatorial services and research rooms.