It was transformed from a traditional French mansion in 1999 by its owner Thierry Ehrmann, who happens to also be the worlds most successful art appraiser. The house has been considered everything from an apocalyptic waste to a symbol of freedom of expression in its purest form.
What you'll find there is exactly why you should be excited to go. It is unhindered political expression, a regurgitation of pop culture icons, a blatant reminder that death and destruction are inseparable from life; every individual word inscribed or head painted on the wall will have you thinking about the deeper meaning, and that is a big part of why this museum is so successful (over 200,000 likes on facebook). Not to mention the fact that it is also free to visit!It is located in the small village of Saint-Romain-au-Mont-D'Or and is only open for 4 hours everyday. To get there is a little difficult and it's best you have a car. It takes about 30 minutes to drive there from the center of Lyon. But you can also take a train from the central Lyon-Perrache to the north and get off at the Gare de Albigny-Neuville. From there it's about a 20 minute walk to the west.
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| A street in Saint-Romain-au-Mont-D'Or |
Take your time and enjoy everything that Ehrmann's expression of life has to offer. Also, make sure to research some of the legal and social debates that are going on about the house. In 2009 Erhmann was ordered by the French court to revert the complex back to its original design. What do you think? Should he comply with the law and appease his neighbors and critics, or should he continue to argue for his freedom to express contemporary life on his property?
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