Articles

  Updated September 2011

At the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, the most active and productive program dealing with the Napoleonic period in the United States (Director Dr. Donald D. Horward), thirty-two doctorates and forty-one M.A. theses have been completed. The Institute is supported by one of the most extensive Napoleonic libraries in the country. Institute students […]

The museum has been completly refurbished and now contains more information about the Royal Hospital and it In-Pensioners. This includes the mock-up of a berth where the Pensioners live, uniforms and artefacts, a Medal Room containing over 2000 medals which were the property of Pensioners in the Royal Hospital. A new Diorama depicts the Royal […]

Lt Cdr David Walton, Area Organiser KGFS

Period room settings, shop fronts and period scenes to show off pieces of Royal Wocerster porcelain.

Historical site and re-enactment venue. Site address: Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex  EN9 1JY, England, Tel: +44 (0)1992 707 370, Fax: +44 (0)1992 710 341

The Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (National conservatoire for arts and crafts) was founded in 1794 by Abbé Grégoire. The permanents collections are regularly enriched by object put in deposit, bequests, and sales, etc. The museum houses one of today's largest exhibitions of technical science.   Updated September 2011

It is in this ancient farm, built in 1757, that Napoleon and his Etat-Major spent the night of 16 to 17 June 1815. There they drew the plans for the battle of Waterloo.  The only Museum dedicated to Napoleon in Belgium, the Dernier Quartier Général de Napoléon presents souvenirs of the Emperor, together with weapons […]

Annual conference organised by the Commune of Alessandria (Italy)   Updated September 2011