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This exhibition showcases a total of 150 works from the time of Napoleon I (from 1795 to 1815). These tiny portraits, which were generally intended for personal use, date from the “golden age” of miniature painting. They exhibit a high degree of artistic skill and refined craftsmanship. Unlike the staged, theatrical portraits of absolutism, now […]

Musée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]

On the 18 June 1815 at Waterloo in Belgium Wellington, commanding a coalition force of Allied armies, defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twenty-three years of warfare across Europe. With this remarkable victory Wellington achieved life-long fame and was showered with gifts from the grateful Crown Heads of Europe. Many of […]

The event will be hosted in the former drill hall of the South Notts Hussars (stair access). Named in reference to the period, not just to the man himself, the weekend will not only have a military focus; there will be costume balls as well as cannon balls! Saturday’s main event will be the NG13 […]

Jean-Marie Delaperche (1771-1843) was born in Orléans. Up until now, relatively little has been known about his life and work, but gradually the picture is starting to come together. No friend to the Napoleonic regime, he fled the Consulate for Russia, and struggled to make his way as a painter, while keeping his true passion – […]

In 1808 Rome was occupied by the French army. The following year, the city was annexed and declared the second city of the Napoleonic Empire after Paris. The emperor’s son was given the title “King of Rome”, and for five years Rome waited for an Emperor who would never arrive. The exhibition is divided into […]

This exhibition is organised on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who died in September 1819. He was one of the great figures of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 as he was at the head of the Prussian army. To commemorate this anniversary, Prussian, […]

The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA UK Practical information website   Prices Adult £13.50 Over 60 £12.20 Student £10.80 Under 17 / Disabled £6.70 Under 5 Free Family (2 adults and 3 under 17s) £33.50

Museum’s presentation: “Napoleon Bonaparte reorganized the European world in many respects. 2019 will mark the 250th anniversary of his birthday, an occasion that inspired Pforzheim’s Jewellery Museum to organize a special exhibition spotlighting the new kind of jewellery and fashion characteristic of the Napoleonic era. Back then, the Neoclassical style of the Revolution and the […]

The two paintings will be presented at the Chateau de Malmaison from 9 October 2019 to 6 January 2020, then at the Brooklyn Museum from 24 January to 10 May 2020. This presentation, jointly organised by the curators of the two institutions, will be accompanied, on each site, by a rich cultural programme highlighting both […]