Datcha Musée Ivan Tourguéniev
16 rue Yvan Tourgueneff 78380 Bougival
In 1983, the Datcha became a museum, on the initiative of the Association of Friends of Ivan Tourgueniev, Pauline Viardot and Maria Malibran and its creator, Alexandre Zviguilsky, researcher in literature at the CNRS, passionate about the writer, the place and his literary history. (link with the association)
In this charming place, in the middle of the woods, next to the house of the Viardot, met great names of literature and arts like Guy de Maupassant, Alexandre Dumas, Alphonse Daudet, Emile Zola, Henry James, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, as well as Russian intellectuals.
MUSEUM VISIT
The front door is decorated with grisaille stained glass windows depicting scenes from the famous Memoirs of a Hunter. In 1874, Ivan Touréniev and Pauline Viardot acquired part of a property that belonged to Joséphine de Beauharnais from Bougival. They name it Domaine des Frênes. While the Viardot occupy the beautiful neoclassical villa of 1830 already existing, Ivan Turgenev has a chalet built
Tags
Maison des illustres, Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres
Access
Access via the Forêt GPS car park on 28 rue de la Croix aux vents 78380 Bougival
Ville de Bougival
