What's On : 10
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from 24/06/2023 to 02/10/2023ExhibitionPlon-Plon, A Bonaparte in red and goldAfter the exhibition devoted to Princess Mathilde in 2019, the Palais Fesch-musée des Beaux-Arts in Ajaccio is focusing on another major figure in the world of the arts during the Second Empire, namely Prince Napoleon (1822-1891), son of King Jérôme, brother of the Princess and cousin of Emperor Napoleon III. Posterity has remembered him by […]
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from 03/06/2023 to 17/09/2023ExhibitionDuroc, images of a destinyTo mark the 210th anniversary of the death of General Duroc (1813-2023), illustrious figure in the history of the town of Pont-à-Mousson, the municipal museum “Au fil du Papier”, in partnership with the Fondation Napoléon, is devoting a brand new exhibition to him, running from 3 June to 17 September 2023. Duroc, the Grand maréchal […]
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from 03/06/2023 to 01/10/2023ExhibitionIngres, the artist and his princesPresentation by the château A successful artist in the first half of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was an unclassifiable and often visionary painter. Behind his apparent classicism lies an originality and a quest for perfection that continue to fascinate. How did this success come about? With the advent of the July Monarchy (1830-1848), […]
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from 27/05/2023 to 27/08/2023ExhibitionNapoleon in Playmobil® at AutunWhat could be more remarkable than the life of Napoleon, who came from his native Corsica at the age of 10 and, in 1779, did his first apprenticeship on French soil at the Collège d’Autun (where he would later return)? From Ajaccio to St Helena, the story of the man who became the first French […]
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from 11/03/2023 to 05/06/2023ExhibitionNapoleon and “The Fainting of Esther”, An imperial gift for the first King of SaxonyThe latter owed his royal status to the French Emperor and in that year he travelled to Paris to visit his benefactor. The tapestry was given a prominent place in the dining room of the palace. In 1943, it was moved to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen for safekeeping, but after 1945 its whereabouts were unknown. […]
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from 10/01/2023 to 27/06/2023TalkWinter and spring 2023 programme of Napoleonica® lecturesHere is the updated program (as of 21 February) for the winter and spring 2023 sessions of Napoleonica® lectures. (*3 talks have been reprogrammed) 10 January, (for the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III): “the sad medical demise of Napoleon III“, by Alain Goldcher 17 January (for the bicentenary of the death of […]
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from 22/10/2022 to 18/09/2023ExhibitionFabulous porcelainPresentation of the exhibition Material, form and decoration invite us on a journey through one of the richest collections of nineteenth-century ceramic art held by a national museum in France. From Compiègne, where the collection is kept, to Sèvres, the main production site, the exhibition takes us on an imaginary journey to Italy, Greece, Egypt […]
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from 01/10/2022 to 01/12/2023Commemoration, Conference, Festival, Other, Study Day, Talk, Theatrical Event2023 Année Napoléon III – The 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III -
from 08/08/2022 to 30/12/2023ExhibitionCastlereagh: Life & LegacyRobert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, who ended his own life in 1822 at hte age of 53, was an enormously influential and divisive figure, hated in both Ireland and Britain. A highlight of the exhibition is a silver inkstand which remained within the family until it was sold in 2019 to the National Trust. It was presented by […]
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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 […]