Discover the trades of roofer and stonemason

Name: Descubrimiento de los oficios de techador y cantero
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Armée

Outdoor workshop in the Cour d'honneur des Invalides

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Partners of the Museum
In the continuation of the restoration work on the facades of the Cour d'Honneur of the Hôtel National des Invalides, begun in 2012 and completed in 2019, work is continuing on the restoration of the north façade of the Hôtel National des Invalides. This restoration is being carried out under the guidance of the chief architect of historical monuments, Paul Barnoud.
This operation, the project management of which is provided by theOperator of heritage and real estate projects of Culture (OPPIC) , within the framework of the Culture Défense protocol, brings into play the know-how of many French companies: cut stone, cover, plaster, sculpture, frame, ...
During the weekend, through demonstration workshops, it is a discovery of the trades of roofer and stonemason that suits you the companies Balas and Dubocq.
Workshop around the roofing trade/ Continuous access
Workshop on stone cutting/ Duration 60 min/ from 7 years/ Access by reservation (reservations@musee-armee.fr) / 11:00, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00
Location: Cour d'honneur of the Hôtel des Invalides

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