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What's On : 4

from 17/08/2019 to 18/08/2019

Family, Re-enactment

Napoleon 250: event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youth

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth*, the Waterloo Memorial 1815 is organising an event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youth. This event will immerse visitors in the lives of civilians and soldiers at the end of the 18th century, with demonstrations of crafts such as leather tanning, basket weaving and embroidery as well as […]
from 26/07/2019 to 31/12/2020

Other

Experience 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 […]
from 14/03/2019 to 31/12/2019

Exhibition, Other

Bicentenary 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 […]
from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019

Other

250th 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 […]