Guided tour of the workshops: taking care of the objects

Name: Guided tour of the workshops: taking care of the objects
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Armée

Discover the restoration workshops of the Musée de l'Armée

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

By online registration ([reservations@musee-armee.fr](mailto:reservations@musee-armee.fr) from 20 August until 16 September at noon) or on site. Group of 15 (from 8 years)

Registration

reservations@musee-armee.fr

Through three guided routes, meet the museum’s metal, leather and textile restoration teams who will unveil their skills and expertise. In their workshops, you will discover the gestures, techniques and tools used to fight insects or to base objects.
Textile restoration workshop (45 min)
Saturday and Sunday 11h00, 13h00, 14h00, 15h00, 16h00, 17h00
15 people maximum per group
From the age of 8
Metal restoration workshop (1h)
Saturday and Sunday 11h00, 14h30, 16h00
15 people per group
From the age of 8
Conservation-preventive workshop and soclage (45 min)
Saturday and Sunday 11h00, 13h00, 14h00, 15h00, 16h00, 17h00
15 people per group
from the age of 8

About the location

Musée de l'Armée

129 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The Army Museum is a museum of military history, art and techniques, one of the largest in the world. The museum and the site of the Invalides in which it is inscribed bear witness to the military history of France. Through the military prism, the collections also bear witness to political, diplomatic and social history. The main courtyard, the churches, the prestigious collections of the Army Museum... So many spaces to discover to travel in history, from the Middle Ages to today, and meet the great men, but also the anonymous soldiers, who marked it. The museum occupies a large part of the Hôtel des Invalides built under Louis XIV under the responsibility of the Minister of War, the Marquis de Louvois, for"to receive and house all soldiers and officers who are both crippled, old and obsolete and to ensure there a sufficient fund for their subsistence". The buildings, whose construction began in 1671, on the plans of Liberal Bruant (1637-1697) welcome the first boarders in 1674\. The