The Claudel museum was opened in 2017 in her teenage home town of Nogent-sur-Seine, 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Paris.

[5] It held a collection of works by the sculptors Alfred Boucher and Paul Dubois, both of whom had a connection to the community.

In 2008, the museum purchased 43 works by Claudel from the artist’s great niece, Reine Marie Paris.

[7] Architect Adelfo Scaranello designed an expansion and renovation of an existing structure, where Claudel had once lived during her teenage years, into a new facility to include 15 galleries.

[7] Reopened in 2017 as the Musée Camille Claudel, it now houses the largest collection of her works in the world.