The Montmartre Museum exists because in 1886 a group of artists decided to preserve and protect the history and culture of the quarter. They gathered in the bistro, discussed the problem and founded the society of "Old Paris" in order to search for and store any evidence regarding the history of the area. In 1960 he opened the Museum, which used all the "Old Paris" managed to accumulate.

The Museum exposition is devoted to four topics: the history of the area, the Paris commune, holidays Montmartre and La Boheme. The layout of the old village, the artist and sculptor Georges Folmer, is a perfect illustration to my first topic. It is seen how the people lived on the hill when it was inhabited by the workers, who deposited the limestone, and the peasants. In the section on the Paris commune, a lot of posters and documents, telling about how the commune was born and how was suppressed. About holiday Montmartre say the costumes of the dancers and posters of the famous cabaret "Moulin Rouge", "Nimble rabbit", "Black cat", "Japanese sofa" made Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret and other famous masters. In "La Boheme" are photos and paintings of many famous artists who lived and worked in Montmartre at the turn of XIX-XX centuries.

The ancient mansion of Rosimon, which houses the Museum, is also part of the history of Montmartre. Presumably it belonged to Rasimone, playwright and actor Moliere's troupe, playing the role of molière after his death. Later there was the first workshop of Auguste Renoir – in the garden, he wrote the lovely "Swing" and "Garden in the street Cortot at Montmartre". It used to be a painter Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo, there were writers Leon Blois and Pierre Reverdy, artists Maximilian Luce, Othon Othon friesz, Raoul Dufy, Charles Camoin, Francis, Polbo. It Polbo saved local vineyard in 1929, when his place wanted to build a house. Vineyard Le Clos Montmartre, descending the hill, visible from the Windows of the mansion, and in the Museum shop you can buy not only books, but also local wine.

Now here comes the restoration – an ambitious plan involves doubling the area of exhibitions and gardens, the Museum continues to work.