JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU MUSEUM
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Mount Louis is a sober masisonette where Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived from 1757 to 1762. During this fertile period, the philosopher wrote the Letter to Alembert on the shows, La Nouvelle Hélose, the Social Contract and L 'Émile. Pushed to escape when the latter work was censored, he fled to Switzerland. In the home, you can discover its surroundings and an evoking of its ideas thanks to time furniture and various documents. Part of the house, added in the nineteenth century, is dedicated to temporary exhibitions. At the bottom of the small garden is the dungeon, a stone shelter in which Rousseau wrote. Nearby, the Maison des Commères houses the educational activities of the museum and a library devoted to the philosopher (4 rue du Mont-Louis). Throughout the year, the site is the framework for occasional events or not, such as participation in the Operation Rendez-vous in the garden, or workshops-philo on a regular basis. Renovated a few years ago, on the occasion of the tricentennial of Rousseau's birth, the museum is accessible to all, enriching, and it remains astounding to see how little has changed.
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