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from 26/07/2019 to 31/12/2020OtherExperience the “Retour des cendres” in 3-D at the Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe was ordered by Napoleon I in 1806. Exiled to St Helena in 1815, the Emperor died 15 years before the monument was completed (in 1836). It was in a spirit of reconciliation between all French people that King Louis-Philippe decided, in 1840, to have the Emperor’s body brought back to France on board the famous frigate Belle […]
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from 05/07/2019 to 21/12/2019ExhibitionImperial corsica. Napoleon III and Corsica (1851-1870)
The imperial regime of Napoleon III during the Second Empire was a major turning point for Corsica, a highly symbolic peripheral region at the time. With more than 250 historical works and objects, the exhibition accurately reconstructs the emperor’s unique connection with the island. Between the hope of both social and economic progress and cultural […]
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from 27/06/2019 to 30/09/2019ExhibitionAn evening with Princess Mathilde – A Bonaparte and the Arts
French title: “Un soir chez la princesse Mathilde, une Bonaparte et les Arts” The exhibition is organised into various sections evoking her Italian exile, her own artistic career, her various residences and especially the relationship between her artistic tastes and her literary salon, reviewed in the light of new documents. Section 1: A “Historical Salon”, Mathilde, […]
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from 22/05/2019 to 29/09/2019ExhibitionNapoleon, life and fate
Exhibition presentation The exhibition was created on the basis of the private collection of Moscow State University professor Alexander Vikhrov, who owns the most significant collection in Russia, reflecting Napoleon’s personality, moments of life and accomplishment, victory and defeat, real events and myths. The exhibition features more than two hundred and fifty works of painting, […]
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from 18/05/2019 to 15/12/2019ExhibitionFil rouge [Painting Rueil-Malmaison red]
Musée d’histoire locale Place du 11 novembre 1918 92500 Rueil-Malmaison Tel: 01 47 32 32 66 50 website The Fondation Napoléon is lending the following works from its collection to the city of Rueil-Malmaison. Annuaire dramatique ou étrennes théâtrales. Paris, Madame Cavanach, 1807. La Constitution française décrétée par l’Assemblée Nationale Constituante aux années 1789, 1790, […]
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from 05/04/2019 to 07/07/2019ExhibitionAjaccio, the childhood of Napoleon. 1769-1799
Presentation of the exhibition by the museum On 15 August 2019, it will be 250 years since Napoleon was born in Ajaccio. The House, which now bears the name of his family, has become a national museum and was indeed the place where his family lived. A noble family among the most prominent in the […]
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from 21/03/2019 to 01/09/2019ExhibitionLe bivouac de l’Empereur (The Emperor’s bivouac)
Napoleon I was a great traveller. Even when he was on military campaigns, the Emperor was accompanied by objects that were worthy of his rank. Every time he set up camp, he was accustomed to being surrounded by luxurious (foldable) furniture and sophisticated accessories. The Garde-Meuble Impérial, predecessor of the Mobilier National, was the guardian […]
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from 14/03/2019 to 31/12/2019Exhibition, OtherBicentenary of the Births of Victoria and Albert
London The V&A Museum (London, UK) celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births with a season of events and displays, including a new addition to the jewellery collection – Queen Victoria’s stunning sapphire and diamond coronet (video), designed for her by Albert, and on display from 11 April Victoria and Albert’s Museum (13 […]
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from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019Other250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth: various events
March-December 2019, in Autun (and on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the arrival of Joseph and Napoleon): IMPERIAL YEAR. With talks, exhibitions, guided tours, theatre,… Read more (link in French) May-October 2019, Ajaccio: NAPOLEON YEAR. With an exhibition about Mathilde Bonaparte at the Palais Fesch Museum; an exhibition focusing on Napoleon in contemporary […]