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from 14/04/2021 to 19/11/2021Exhibition“NAPOLÉON”Marking the bicentenary of his death, the Napoléon exhibition explores the unlikely story of a complex character who was at once admired and controversial, victorious and conquered, heroic and tragic; a dramatic story that continues to fascinate our contemporaries to this day. It will highlight his political and cultural legacies that have profoundly impacted certain countries, chief […]
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from 08/04/2021 to 12/06/2021ExhibitionJosephine & Napoleon, an (extra)ordinary story8 April – 12 June 2021 More than 150 works will be on display, including historical and never-before-seen gems, a hundred or so paintings, works of art, letters and archival documents, as well as personal and rare objects related to this beautiful love story, the aim being to plunge visitors into the heart of the […]
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from 31/03/2021 to 19/09/2021ExhibitionNapoleon is no moreOther events at the Musée de l’armée for this 2021 Année Napoléon: Academic conference > “Napoléon n’est plus” [“Napoleon is no more”], 6- 8 April organised in partnership with the Fondation Napoléon and the Fondation Dosne-Thiers Auditorium Austerlitz Concerts > “Triomphes de Napoléon” 19-20 May co-production Fondation Napoléon/Musée de l’Armée Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides Contemporary […]
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from 10/03/2021 to 19/07/2021ExhibitionDrawing for Napoleon. The Masterpieces of the imperial State SecretariatA presentation of about a hundred drawings and plans from the State Secretariat collection. “Among the dozens of dossiers delivered every day to the Emperor’s cabinet, many were accompanied by plans, drawings or maps specially made to assist the the Head of State’s decision-making. Some of these documents are signed by the greatest names in […]
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from 18/02/2021 to 31/12/2021Talk[Online event] The British Witnesses to Napoleon | Napoleon 200The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the Emperor. Thousands of pages, including the Emperor’s will, Barry O’Meara’s Napoleon in Exile, and Emmanuel de Las Cases’ “Journal of Private Life and Conversations of Napoleon” (known in French as the “Memorial”) […]
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from 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021CommemorationTake part in the 5 May commemorations on St Helena from a distance by laying a funeral bouquetAccess to St Helena being more than likely impossible during 2021 due to covid restrictions, this opportunity is a small comfort for all those who would have liked to attend the bicentary commemorations there this year. The flowers (known in French as “immortelles”) will be collected on the island, evoking the gift sent to Napoleon […]
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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 […]