The Lupin filming location: the Pellegrini house is the Camondo
For a year or two after the series came out, a proportion of every group I led had found the house through Lupin, and I stopped minding. They came for the Pellegrini staircase and left talking about the Buffon service, which is a fair trade. The production chose well: the house was built between 1911 and 1914 to look like an 18th-century pavilion and has been kept exactly as its owner left it in 1935, so it reads on screen as the seat of a family with old money and older furniture.
What you can see now
The courtyard gate on rue de Monceau, and the garden front from inside Parc Monceau, where the Petit-Trianon resemblance is clearest. The interiors are off limits until the restoration finishes; the closure page has the schedule. Fans who arrive expecting a tour should know that no “Lupin tour” has access either.
The real house behind the set
The real story is more interesting than the fictional one, and sadder. Moïse de Camondo built the house for his collection and his children, lost his son in 1917 and left the house to France in his memory; his daughter and grandchildren were murdered at Auschwitz. The family page tells it plainly. When the museum reopens, the rooms you saw on screen will be there without the cameras, and the what to see page describes them.
The Monceau quarter is worth the trip even for a locked door. The private Haussmann walk ends in the park, a few minutes from the house, and gives you the 19th-century Paris the series borrows so freely.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Pellegrini house in Lupin?
It is the Musée Nissim de Camondo, 63 rue de Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement, beside Parc Monceau, Métro Monceau or Villiers.
Can I visit the Lupin house?
Not inside: the museum has been closed for restoration since 4 August 2024 and is due to reopen at the end of 2029. You can see the façades from the street and from Parc Monceau.
Is the Pellegrini house a real museum?
Yes. It is a house of French 18th-century decorative art left to Les Arts Décoratifs by Moïse de Camondo in 1935 and opened in 1936; the what to see page describes the rooms.