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The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
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Fondation Napoléon Cercle d’études: winter programme 2020
The 2020 winter programme for the Fondation Napoléon Cercle d’études begins on Tuesday 14 January, 2020, at 6pm at the Fondation Napoléon in Paris, in our Salle Gourgaud lecture theatre, with a talk/book signing by Florence de Baudus on “the Princess Pauline Borghèse: a Bonaparte as famous as she is poorly understood”. Bookings open on […]
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Board of Trustees > Arnaud Teyssier, new trustee
Arnaud Teyssier has been appointed representative of the French Ministère de l’Intérieur on the Board of Trustees of the Fondation Napoléon as a replacement for the Prefect Jean-Michel Mehnert, who passed away on 20 June 2019. Arnaud Teyssier was born on 22 December 1958, and studied at the prestigious institutions, ENS Ulm and l’ENA. He […]
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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 […]
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Fondation Napoléon Patronage 2019
In 2019, the board of trustees of the Fondation Napoléon supported the following projects: Janaury 2019: Publication assistance for the catalogue to the exhibition “Corsica imperiale, Napoléon III et la Corse (1851-1870)”; February 2019: Financial support for two Napoleonic concerts organised by the Musée de l’Armée in the Autumn of 2019; April 2019: Publication assistance for […]
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Updated on 23 January 2020 > Fondation Napoléon: Auction of Objects dating from outside the Napoleonic periods (Paris, 9 December 2019)
Updated on 23 January 2020 > Results: A very large part of the 271 lots (objects dating from the 18th century, the Restoration and the July Monarchy) put up for auction was sold, for a total of nearly 920K euros. The Fondation Napoléon will thus be able to refocus its collection according to its “Napoleonic” […]
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