Fondation Napoléon

International appeal for the restoration of Napoleonic monuments at the Hôtel National des Invalides For the bicentenary of Napoleon I’s death on 5 May 2021, the Musée de l’Armée and the Fondation Napoléon are joining forces to launch an international subscription to help restore, at the Hôtel National des Invalides, the monuments associated with the Emperor and his brothers Joseph, King of Naples and later of Spain, and Jerome, […]

Cancellation of the commemorative mass (5 May 2020) at Les Invalides > a message from Prince Napoléon

COVID-19: the Fondation Napoléon closed to the public (16 March, 2020) From today, 16 March, 2020, the Fondation Napoléon (7, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris 5e) is closed to the public. The Cercle d’études talks are postponed and the Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre library is closed. We will inform you as to re-opening of the Fondation and the restart of activities at the Fondation’s offices as soon as […]

Partnership > Signing of a Cooperation Agreement with French Service Historique de la Défense On 16 December, 2019, Pierre Laugeay, Director General and Head of the Service Historique de la Défense (SHD), and Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, signed an agreement of cooperation between the two institutions. Building on previous cooperation agreements signed over the years, in particular that regarding the archival work for the […]