Maison de Serge Gainsbourg
Maison de Serge Gainsbourg occupies two addresses on rue de Verneuil in Paris, linking a preserved home with a museum. At 5 bis rue de Verneuil, you see the two-floor residence where Serge Gainsbourg lived from 1969 until 1991.
Gainsbourg bought the property in 1967 and converted former stables into his home. Charlotte Gainsbourg preserved the interiors, while a 30-minute audio tour adds her memories and anecdotes. Personal highlights include Salvador Dalí’s sketch La chasse aux papillons, Claude Lalanne’s sculpture L’Homme à la tête de chou, and the original manuscript of La Marseillaise.
At 14 rue de Verneuil, a chronological display brings together manuscripts, clothing, jewellery, and rare television, photographic, film, and radio archives. The Gainsbarre combines a bookshop and café by day with a piano bar by night, while the graffiti-covered façade stands apart from the street’s Haussmannian buildings.
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