What's On : 27
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from 09/10/2019 to 06/01/2020ExhibitionKehinde Wiley meets Jacques-Louis DavidThe 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 […]
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from 13/09/2019 to 13/10/2019Exhibition, Radio TV CinemaLittle Corporal on the Big Screen: The Film Posters of Napoleon BonaparteThe 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, […]
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from 17/08/2019 to 18/08/2019Family, Re-enactmentNapoleon 250: event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youthTo 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 […]
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from 01/08/2019 to 30/09/2019ExhibitionNapoleon: His Life, His Times, His BattlesIn celebration of Napoleon Bonaparte’s 250th birthday, the James Smith Noel Collection’s latest exhibit examines his life, times and battles, both political and personal. In the midst of political uncertainty after the French Revolution, Napoleon rose to power and led France to great imperial heights only to be exiled and lose it all in the end. […]
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from 20/07/2019 to 21/07/2019Festival, Re-enactmentHutingdonshire History Festival and Napoleonic Re-enactmentJoin the Napoleonic Association at their biggest event of the year! Huge living history at the Riverside Park Huntingdon all weekend and a battle Saturday and Sunday afternoon at Hinchingbrooke Park. There is very limited parking at Hinchingbrooke Country Park, parking will only be available for disabled badge holders and those reenactors who […]
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from 13/07/2019 to 14/07/2019Re-enactmentSkirmish at Deene ParkThe 5/60th & 85eme still have room for more groups or individuals to attend our event at Deene Park, near Corby, July 13/14th. This is a new event with plenty of scope for growth in future years. Deene Park was the home of the Earl of Cardigan of Light Brigade fame. The house is sharing […]
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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 ArtsFrench 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 22/06/2019 to 23/06/2019Re-enactmentWaterloo 2019More information here.
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from 22/05/2019 to 29/09/2019ExhibitionNapoleon, life and fateExhibition 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, […]