What's On

The James Smith Noel Collection and the R.W. Norton Art Gallery are proud to present “Little Corporal on the Big Screen: The Film Posters of Napoleon Bonaparte”, a unique exhibition of 35 original posters and other film artifacts from countries as diverse as Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, Egypt, England, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, the U.S. and, […]

This is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Roger Fenton’s pioneering photographs of the Crimean War, taken in 1855. Fenton was already an accomplished and respected photographer when he was sent by the publishers Agnew’s to photograph a war that pitched Britain, France and Turkey as allies against Russia.  Arriving several months after the […]

 Monday 20th August at 9.30 pm: “Elisa a Palazzo: from rigour to splendour”, Velia Gini Bartoli and Simonetta Giurlani Pardini. The Palazzo Ducale has been the centre of the political power of the city for centuries, but only with Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi does it assume the appearance it has today, and only with her profound and […]

“La Route du Prince Impérial” was inaugurated on 1 June 1996 to commemorate the time Louis-Napoleon, only son of Napoléon III and his wife the Empress Eugenie, spent in South Africa before his untimely death at the hands of Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879. The route follows the footsteps of the pilgrimage made by […]

Tuesday Lunchtime Talks – 12.30 – 1pm, booking not required 8 August Nelson in the Norfolk Archives – Frank Meeres, Norfolk Record Office. 22 August: Restoration of the Nelson Monument in Great Yarmouth – Michael Knights, former Historic Buildings Officer. 29 August: Nelson’s Shadow: Taking Norfolk’s Mariners out of Lord Nelson’s Mighty Shadow – Mark […]

A talk by Johan Op de Beeck Het strafste verhaal uit de negentiende eeuw? Dat moet wel de ondergang van Napoleon zijn. Oud-journalist Johan Op de Beeck vertelt over de echte oorzaken van de napoleontische oorlogen: het economische conflict met het Verenigd Koninkrijk en het politieke conflict over de invloed van de Franse Revolutie. Beide […]

A two-day “cultural fitness” with … Napoleon. This event organised by “Landandé” Committee on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March, focused entirely on the battle of Bricchetto, which took place on 21 April 1796 and ended the first phase of Piedmontese Italian campaign. The program of the two days includes A debate at 9pm on […]

IMPERIAL  EMBROIDERY – on Wednesday, 15 March at 16.30 Bernard Chevallier, honorary director of the museum of Malmaison and Bois-Preau, specialist of furnishings and art of the First Empire, will give a talk on textiles treasures of the early nineteenth century. Palazzo Mansi, via Galli Tassi, n. 43, Lucca, Italy

As part of the exhibtiion “J’arrive“, Professors Daniela Pegoraro and Annarosa Toffoli present the legends and tales about the presence of Napoleon in Friuli, collected and published as a result of work done by the pupils of Secondary Schools of First Instance of the Istituto Comprensivo Mortegliano – Castions di Strada. Stories about love between […]

The Bowes Museum’s collection contains an exceptional range of objects relating to Napoleon and the age he defined; all testifying to the allure of the man John Bowes dubbed “that old vagabond”. Featuring outstanding artworks from The Bowes Museum’s extensive permanent collection, The Allure of Napoleon offers an opportunity to learn more about the Museum […]