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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 […]

A wide ranging, international public conference on conflict and society during the Napoleonic era. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Dr Edward Coss (United States Command and General Staff College), Dr Catriona Kennedy (Univeristy of York) and Dr Robert Poole (University of Central Lancashire). This conference, organised by the British Commission for Military History, and […]

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, […]

The Sarzana Napoleon Festival (Italy) will with a programme of historical re-enactments, plays, Frsit Empire ball, book presentations, exhibitions, and a gastronomic food market of French Regional specialities. website in italian  

In 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. […]

Join 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 […]

Organisers anticipate that many papers will concentrate on the 100 Days and perhaps Grenoble’s native son, Stendhal. As always, other papers of interest and important new research will also be considered. Topics can include military, political, social and cultural aspects of the period. Provisional programme: Monday and Tuesday, conference at La Plateforme, Wednesday conference at […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]