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Army Museum

Art of War and Art about War

The Musée de l'Armée is located at Les Invalides and is one of the most important military museums in the world. The museum is divided into separate galleries for ancient, modern, and contemporary military exhibitions, etc. The collections here include weapons, armor, uniforms, paintings, and modern weapons.

The Musée de l’Armée (Army Museum, Paris) is located at Les Invalides and covers the collection of arms, armor, and paintings from the Middle Ages to the present day, making it one of the most important military museums in the world.

The Army Museum is mainly divided into several exhibition spaces: Armour and Weapons, Modern Department, the Two World Wars, the Cabinets Insolites, and the Charles de Gaulle Monument. The evolution of human warfare is presented to the audience in chronological order.

The Arms and Armour Exhibition contains weapons and armor from the 13th to 17th century, and the exhibits are not limited to the European region, but also include battle armor and weapons from China, Japan, Mongolia, Persia, and other Eastern countries, even the Chinese Emperor Qianlong's Imperial Armor is exhibited here.

The Modern Department, from Louis XIV to Napoleon includes military uniforms, dresses, harnesses, insignia, and flags, spanning from 17th to 19th century. The Vauban Gallery in the exhibition area, which used to be the dining room, houses 14 Statues of Cavalrymen, whose dress and accessories are authentically recreated.

The Contemporary Department, World Wars recreates the impact of the two world wars on the global landscape through historical materials such as weapons, officer and soldier uniforms, and documentary archives. The rifles, machine guns, grenades, artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and other Modern Weapons on display are all war originals.

The museum also has a very special gallery called Extra Ordinary Cabinets. Walking into the gallery is like entering a magical fairy tale kingdom, where thousands of Miniature Soldiers and Artillery are lying quietly in glass cases, waiting for your inspection.

The Musée de l’Armée occupies most of the space of Les Invalides, so don’t be in a hurry to leave, the famous Tomb of Napoleon I and the Veterans’ Chapel are also open for a visit.

Les Invalides

Monument of Military History of France

Located on the left bank of the Seine, Les Invalides de Paris was built by Louis XIV as a sanatorium for disabled French veterans, and in the 19th century the dome of Les Invalides was converted into the Tome of Napoleon I. At present, the Army Museum of France is also located here, with a collection of 500,000 artifacts.

Tomb Of Napoleon / Dome des Invalides

Founder of An Empire

The Dome des Invalides, with its 107-meter-high golden dome, was converted into a mausoleum for Napoleon I in the 19th century, and several members of the Bonaparte family and French marshals such as Foch, Vauban, and Turenne are buried there.