Discover the battle that saved the French Revolution

Name: Discover the battle that saved the French Revolution
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre historique « Valmy 1792 »

Observe the history of the French Revolution and «La Marseillaise» through the collections and the temporary exhibition.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Adult: €5\. Children and students: Free.

©Valmy 1792

Observe the history of the French Revolution and «La Marseillaise» through the collections and the temporary exhibition.

September 20, 1792, the French Revolution is saved in Valmy.
Image and sound technologies accompany you for a visit to the heart of revolutionary events.
With family or friends, relive the highlights of the battle alongside General Kellermann. Discover the great events of the French Revolution and the equipment of soldiers in the eighteenth century.
Also discover an exhibition composed of 22 panels that retraces the history of our national anthem, the «Marseillaise», a song of gathering from the French Revolution to the present day.

About the location

Centre historique « Valmy 1792 »

24 rue Kellermann, 51800 Valmy

Marne
Grand Est

In Argonne, at the foot of the mill of Valmy, reconstruction of fights which set, on September 20th, 1792, the revolutionary troops against the Prussian armies. The historic Centre Valmy on 1792 proposes an immersion in this flustered time(period). Images, sounds, multimedia (full of life(animated) characters, tactile tablets, film clips) and period pieces as the standard(cannon) Gribeauval, jewel(flagship) of the artillery of the XVIIIth century, tell you progress and stakes in this founding clash of the French nation. Battle is presented thanks to an interactive model: the movie is thrown(planned) on the relief and pulls(entails) you at the heart of fights.