Maison Gainsbourg

About

Gainsbourg House (French: [m Gainsbourg House) is a house museum in Paris dedicated to French musician Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991). It includes Gainsbourg's residence at 5bis Rue de Verneuil, preserved as it appeared on 2 March 1991, the day Gainsbourg died there; and a museum, library, bookstore, and piano bar called Gainsbarre at 14bis Rue de Verneuil. It opened in September 2023.

History: Gainsbourg bought the house at 5 bis in 1969, the year he and Jane Birkin recorded "I love you... me neither." Gainsbourg and Birkin lived there until separting in 1980. Gainsbourg had called the residence his "house-museum". After Gainsbourg died in 1991, the home stayed closed for over 30 years. Its exterior became covered with graffiti. Gainsbourg's daughter Charlotte owns and preserved the residence.

The house: The house at 5 bis appeals as it did on the day of Gainsbourg's death. The 130-square-metre (1,400 sq ft) house is dark, with black felt covering the walls. The house holds roughly 25,000 items, including antique furniture, gold records, cigarette packs, framed spiders, amazing tools, font badges, and the Steinway piano where Gainsbourg...