Musée Claude-Debussy

Musée Claude-Debussy

The courtyard staircase
Established	1990
Location	38 rue au Pain 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Coordinates	48°53′49″N 2°5′34″E / 48.89694°N 2.09278°E / 48.89694; 2.09278
Type	Biographical museum
Website	www.seine-saintgermain.fr/en/file/797419/a-museum-celebrating-the-famous-composer-claude-debussy/

The Musée Claude-Debussy, or Maison Claude Debussy, is the birthplace of the composer Claude Debussy, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a western suburb of Paris, France. It contains a small museum about the composer.

The house was built in the 17th century. Claude Debussy was born here on 22 August 1862, and lived here in early childhood; his father had a china shop on the ground floor.^[1]

The museum opened in 1990. It is reached by a wooden staircase in the inner courtyard. There are two rooms containing objects, furniture, manuscripts, photographs and paintings relating to the composer. A third room is a small auditorium.^[1][2][3]

The wooden staircase is a monument historique.^[4] The award Maisons des Illustres ("Houses of the illustrious") has been given to the museum.^[1]

• List of music museums

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