What's On

Highlights of the week include : Sunday 28 May 2023: Exhibition of works by Rory Klopper inspired by French philosopher & intellectual Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897 – 1962). Saturday 27 May; the Fête de l’Abeille Monday 29 mai: Guided visit to the Prince Imperial Exhibition in the national uMsunduzi Museum Tuesday 30 May, 10 am: Presentation […]

The exhibition is organised into two sections: Firstly, the correspondents, or the historical figures, the protagonists of Elisa’s correspondence. The second section demonstrates the tools and materials of written communication: paper, ink and everything you needed to govern a country before the advent of email. Here is a translation of the press presentation given by (from left): Massimiliano […]

The latter owed his royal status to the French Emperor and in that year he travelled to Paris to visit his benefactor. The tapestry was given a prominent place in the dining room of the palace. In 1943, it was moved to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen for safekeeping, but after 1945 its whereabouts were unknown. […]

This new temporary exhibition invites you to discover the technical innovations brought to navigation, the daily life of the men on board the frigates of the period as well as the contribution of Belgian resources in the development of the imperial navy! The exhibition will present an authentic collection of objects including a selection of […]

Conference: Boiseries: Decoration and Migration from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Thursday 12th & Friday 13th January 2023 at Camden Place (last home of Napoleon III), Chislehurst (Kent), UK This two-day conference investigates the cultural and commercial migrations of French eighteenth-century boiseries from their places of production in Paris and the Bâtiments du Roi […]

Presentation of the exhibition Material, form and decoration invite us on a journey through one of the richest collections of nineteenth-century ceramic art held by a national museum in France. From Compiègne, where the collection is kept, to Sèvres, the main production site, the exhibition takes us on an imaginary journey to Italy, Greece, Egypt […]

Palazzo Reale Milan, Piazza del Duomo, 12 Italy T:+39 02 884 45 181 link Opening hours Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-19:30, Thursday closing at 22:30. Last admission one hour before. Closed on Mondays. Tickets Full price € 14,00Reduced € 12,00Subscription Museums Lombardy € 10.00 also valid for Horticultural Members in possession of the card for the current yearSpecial reduced € […]

This major national and international event honours an extraordinary, innovative and inspiring artist. A true icon of women’s liberation, Rosa Bonheur placed the living world at the heart of her work and her existence. She was committed to the recognition of animals in their uniqueness. With her great technical mastery, she was able to render […]

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION FOR THE REOPENING OF THE CHÂTEAU DE BOIS-PRÉAU, Malmaison, near Paris (ends 9 Janurary 2023). Eugène was born in 1781 from the marriage of Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie to Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais. He was able to gain the affection of his father-in-law, General Bonaparte, who became First Consul and then Emperor. […]