Antoine Bourdelle was a french sculptor and a student of Auguste Rodin. Le Musée Bourdelle was built around its original workshop near the Montparnasse station and hosts both small pieces and very monumental sculptures. The museum is hidden in a tiny street so it's never much crowded, and with its small quiet gardens it's the perfect place to visit if you want to make a break from the big city.
Since the museum belong to the city of Paris, the entrance to the permanent collection is free, and it also organizes workshops about sculpture for children.
To reach the Musée Bourdelle from Ivry take subway line 7 till Place d'Italie, there change for line 6 toward Charles de Gaulle-Etoile and get off in Montparnasse. The museum is a quick 5 minutes walk away.
