Musée national de la Marine
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Established | December 27th, 1827 |
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Location | Palais de Chaillot 17, place du Trocadéro |
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Website | www.musee-marine.fr |
The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a
History
In 1748,
With the French Revolution, the Salle de Marine closed in 1793. The collection was added to models owned by the King personally, to others owned by the Ministry of Navy, and yet others owned by émigrés or executees (notably Philippe Égalité). A short-lived museum was opened between 1801, and 1803, at the Ministry of Navy, then located at Place de la Concorde.
In 1810, Napoleon ordered a gallery of 19 models, known as the Trianon model collection, to be put on display in his offices at Grand Trianon, as to document the types of warships in usage in the French Navy at the time. Jacques-Noël Sané was put in charge of the task. Napoleon also had a model of the frigate Muiron in his bedroom at Château de Malmaison.
In 1827, after the Bourbon Restoration, Charles X ordered a Naval museum to be opened at the Louvre. The task was given to Pierre Zédé. Rooms were also opened or restored in Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Rochefort and Toulon.
In 1852,
In 1871, admiral François-Edmond Pâris became curator, and had over 400 models of small crafts indigenous to different locations of the French Empire constructed.
From 1905, ethnographic items were transferred to other museums, and in 1920, the administration of the Museum was transferred to the French Navy. In 1937, part of the Palais de Chaillot was devoted to harbouring the museum, which opened on 15 August 1943.
From 1971, the museum became an autonomous body under the
Gallery
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Military-themed metal plate exhibited in the Musée national de la Marine.
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Old weapons exhibited in the Musée national de la Marine.
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Neptune sculpture by Yves Collet exhibited in the Musée national de la Marine.
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Wooden Stocks exhibited in the Musée national de la Marine.
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Louis Tauzin, Mitrailleuse, canonnière type Farcy, devant Tuyen Quan, 1886.
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Louis Tauzin, Revolver, canonnière type Farcy, au rapide de Yuoc, 1886.
Renovation
Beginning in 2017, the Museum was closed for extensive renovations. According to the museum's website, "the ambition is to make this new museum the great place of the sea and sailors in Paris."[1][2] The redesigned and renovated museum is scheduled to open in October 2023.[3]
See also
- List of museums in Paris
- French ship Louis Quinze
Sources and references
- ^ "Museum in renovation". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "L'équipe franco-norvégienne H2O architectes et SNØHETTA lauréate du concours pour la rénovation du musée national de la Marine de Paris (French only)" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Paris Musée de la Marine: the museum to reopen in October 2023". www.sortiraparis.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.