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27/11/2020Study DayBonapartisme(s)Presentation The Chaire Napoléon continues its exploration of the circumstances and political consequences of Napoleon’s death in a series of study mornings. After the death itself and its contemporary echo (2018), the formation of the libero-bonapartist idea (2019), this third rendez-vous explores the Bonapartist ideas and facts. Programme 09:30 – Welcome 09:50 – The “Memorial”: […]
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from 02/09/2020 to 15/11/2020Exhibition, TalkImperial elegance. Souvenirs from the wardrobe of Empress EugenieOn July 11, 1920, Eugenie de Montijo, a personality who marked her time, died in Madrid. A century later, the Château de Compiègne, where the last Empress of the French lived part of her life, pays homage to her through a series of events: exhibition of her most beautiful dresses in the ballroom gallery, a […]
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from 01/09/2020 to 15/08/2021ExhibitionThe headquarters of Wellington and Napoleon and the farms of the Battle of WaterlooWaterloo Battlefield is one of the best preserved battlefields in the world. Since 1914, the site is protected and has therefore changed little since the fighting of 1815. All new construction is prohibited and, with the exception of the excavation of land due to the erection of the Lion’s Mound, the topography of the site […]
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from 26/06/2020 to 31/12/2023ExhibitionMiniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey CollectionThis exhibition showcases a total of 150 works from the time of Napoleon I (from 1795 to 1815). These tiny portraits, which were generally intended for personal use, date from the “golden age” of miniature painting. They exhibit a high degree of artistic skill and refined craftsmanship. Unlike the staged, theatrical portraits of absolutism, now […]
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from 11/05/2020 to 31/12/2020Exhibition, OtherCovid-19: Museums re-openingMusée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]
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from 01/04/2020 to 31/12/2020ExhibitionWellington, Waterloo and the defeat of NapoleonOn the 18 June 1815 at Waterloo in Belgium Wellington, commanding a coalition force of Allied armies, defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twenty-three years of warfare across Europe. With this remarkable victory Wellington achieved life-long fame and was showered with gifts from the grateful Crown Heads of Europe. Many of […]