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November 6, 2015

Rodin Museum will reopen after facelift

PARIS (AP) — Paris' historic Rodin Museum, until recently plagued by a leaking roof, peeling gold leaf and creaky floorboards, has been returned to its former splendor following a 16 million euro ($17.4 million) three-year restoration.

The works mark the first time the 18th-century Hotel Biron has been fully revamped since influential French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who died in 1917, used the palatial building as his studio.


 
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