Interviews : 8
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InterviewNapoléon/Wellington: Destins Croisés. Five questions for Etienne Claude and Véronique Maton (Musée Wellington Waterloo)To mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, the Wellington Museum in Waterloo is hosting a major exhibition called “Napoléon-Wellington: Destins Croisés” (Napoleon and Wellington: Shared Destinies) which explores the military, political and personal lives of the two great adversaries, Napoleon I and the 1st…
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Interview"NAPOLÉON ET PARIS, RÊVES D’UNE CAPITALE", EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THIERRY SARMANT (MAI 2015)"Napoleon and Paris, dreams of a capital". Thierry Sarmant is the deputy director of the Carnavalet Museum and co-curator of "Napoléon et Paris, rêves d'une capitale". In this interview, he tells us about the exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet which explores the incredible program of…
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InterviewMaryse Dusoulier : The exhibition "Joséphine, la passion des étoffes" in the Prelle Manufacture Showroom (2015)To mark the bicentenary of the death of the Empress Josephine, a great collector of fabrics, the Paris showroom of the Prelle Manufacture presents "« Joséphine, la passion des étoffes ", from October 24, 2014 (Press release of the exhibition). The prolongation of the exhibition until…
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InterviewPierre Branda : Backstage at the Napoleon in bivouac exhibition at the Palais Fesch in Ajaccio (Corsica), February 2014.The headline article in this week's Napoleonic news was the story of the damage which occurred to objects on show at an exhibition of Napoleon's tent and campaign furniture at the Palais Fesch in Ajaccio on Corsica. The Capital and Collection Section Head of the…
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InterviewEmilie Robbe, ‘Napoléon et l’Europe’ Exhibition at the Musée de l’ArméeOn 27 March 2013, the Musée de l'Armée in Paris will play host to one of the most important exhibitions about Napoleon. Entitled Napoléon et l'Europe, it will bring together numerous artefacts, works of art and documentation to illustrate Napoleon's singular destiny, his military campaigns…
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InterviewTed Gott on "Napoleon: Revolution to Empire""Napoleon: Revolution to Empire", one of the most important Napoleonic exhibitions of the last few decades, offers a panoramic view of French art, culture, and society from the 1770s through to the 1820s. The exhibition, co-organised by the National Gallery of Victoria and the Fondation…
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InterviewMichel Dancoisne-Martineau: a St Helena passionSince 1987, Michel Dancoisne-Martineau has been the French honorary consul and curator of the French domains on St Helena. In May 2011, he will be publishing Chroniques de Sainte-Hélène Atlantique Sud, a collection of accounts describing life on the island for some of the lesser-known characters…
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InterviewEmilie Robbe: the Musée de l’Armée and the ATHENA project
It's the rentrée in France, the moment when people go back to work, children go back to school, and the summer rolls to a close. It is also the moment for us to look back on the the Musée de l'Armée's ATHENA project. Launched in 1996, the project, to redevelop and modernise the Musée de […]