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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Napoléon

May 28 – Sept 19, 2021
211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France

Napoleon Bonaparte—also known as the Corsican or the Little Corporal—was arguably France’s most prodigious leader. In an exhibition that marks the 200th anniversary of his death, Napoleon’s life is retraced through 150 objects. Furniture, porcelain, silver, and personal ephemera take viewers from his years at the Military School in Brienne to his campaigns in Italy and Egypt, and from his coronation to his eventual exile. —E.C.

The Emperor’s Tent. Courtesy of Grande Halle de Villette, Paris.