Maison Jules Verne

The house of Jules Verne, in Amiens

The house of Jules Verne is the residence where the famous writer lived and imagined his extraordinary voyages, become a museum. The Amiens audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this place of memory of the father of science fiction, who spent a great part of his life in Amiens.

The residence of the father of the extraordinary voyages

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days: so many successful books among the some sixty novels written by the famous writer Jules Verne! Considered one of the fathers of science fiction and one of the most read authors of the world, Jules Verne, born in Nantes, chose to settle in Amiens, the town of his wife, where he lived a great part of his life and wrote many of his masterpieces. His residence, a fine bourgeois house of the nineteenth century topped with a tower, is today a museum devoted to him. There you discover the rooms where the writer lived and worked, reconstituted in their atmosphere of the period, as well as numerous souvenirs, manuscripts, objects, illustrations and original editions evoking his work and his abundant imagination. The visit plunges the visitor into the extraordinary universe of this visionary writer, who anticipated numerous inventions, from the submarine to the space conquest. Amiens thus honours this illustrious inhabitant. A place of memory and a literary museum, the house of Jules Verne is a fine stop of the discovery of Amiens.

What to see

Here you discover the fine bourgeois house topped with a tower where Jules Verne, one of the fathers of science fiction and author of the some sixty novels of the Extraordinary Voyages, lived a great part of his life and wrote many of his masterpieces; become a museum, it presents the reconstituted rooms, manuscripts, objects and souvenirs of this visionary writer. The house of Jules Verne is a literary museum of Amiens. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The house of Jules Verne lies in the centre of Amiens, reachable on foot. The visit of the museum follows its own hours and conditions, which vary according to the season. It is best to check them before coming.

Why did Jules Verne live in Amiens?

Born in Nantes, Jules Verne chose to settle in Amiens, the town of his wife, where he lived a great part of his life and wrote many of his masterpieces; his residence, a fine bourgeois house topped with a tower, is today a museum that presents the reconstituted rooms, manuscripts and souvenirs of this father of science fiction.

Where is the house of Jules Verne in Amiens?

In the centre of Amiens, in France.