A new museum dedicated to Hector Guimard is due to open in Paris in 2027. Guimard was the architect for the Art Nouveau-style entrances to the metro.
Hector Guimard helped change the face of Paris, and his legacy can still be seen today in the capital being the architect of the Art Nouveau-style metro entrances.
The architect will be honored in a new museum, due to open in 2027 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The new museum will be housed in the Hôtel Mezzara, a 1910 townhouse listed as a historic monument and designed by Hector Guimard himself. The architect and his work are thus highlighted in this historic monument, transformed into a museum for the occasion.
This permanent museum focuses on the French architect, his work and influence, but also on Art Nouveau and the importance of this artistic movement in France and Paris.
More than a century old, the Art Nouveau-style mansion was built for a textile industrialist and lace designer, Paul Mezzara. It was sold to the French state in 1956, to become an annex of the state-run Lycée Jean-Zay. Empty since 2015, the mansion is to be adapted and converted into the Hector Guimard Museum.