The Invalides seen from above

Name: The Invalides seen from above
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Armée

This guided tour takes visitors to a space usually inaccessible to the public, the first terrace of the Dôme des Invalides! It continues in the collections of the Museum of the...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Activity from 12 years old, on reservation by email (from 04/09 to 14/09 noon) or on the spot the same day, within the limit of places available. Visit requiring a very good physical condition, flat shoes and practical outfit

Registration

reservations@musee-armee.fr

This guided tour takes visitors to a space usually inaccessible to the public, the first terrace of the Dôme des Invalides! It continues in the collections of the Musée de l'Armée to discover objects and works «surprises».
Saturday and Sunday at 11h, 13h30 and 15h (duration: 2h)
Activity from 12 years old, free on reservation at reservations@musee-armee.fr (from 04/09/203 to 14/09/2023 noon) or on site the same day, subject to availability (groups of 10 people – appointment in the courtyard)
Visit requiring very good physical condition, flat shoes and practical clothing/ Visit may be cancelled depending on the weather

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