Hotel des invalides - activities

Museum Night 2024 in Paris: breakdance duel at the Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides

On the occasion of Nuit des Musées, May 18, 2024, the Hôtel des Invalides and the Musée de l'Armée invite visitors to stroll free of charge through a place steeped in history. It's the perfect time to discover or rediscover Napoleon's tomb and the museum's permanent collections.

Hôtel national des Invalides: a landmark in France's military history

Located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, the Hôtel des Invalides is an impressive site that plunges us into France's military history. Three museums are housed here: the Museum of the Army, the Museum of the Order of the Liberation and the Museum of the Plans-Reliefs, as well as the tomb of Napoleon 1st, which lies beneath the Invalides dome.

Nuit aux Invalides 2022 in Paris: the Napoleon light and sound show returns -tickets

Nuit aux Invalides, or Night at the Invalides, is THE wonderful light and sound show in Paris this summer. The organization announces the show is back from July 16 to September 1, 2022, to take us back to Napoléon Bonaparte's history. A magnificent show to book now!

History fact, it happened on September 7 in Paris: Paris taxis requisitioned, the “Taxis de la Marne”

On September 6 and 7, 1914, 1,300 Paris taxis are requisitioned by the French army to send backup soldiers to the front for the Battle of the Marne. The “Taxis de la Marne” will carry 6,000 infantrymen and enable to stop the advance of the German armies to Paris.

Nuit Blanche 2019 at Les Invalides - musée de l'Armée

This year, the Musée de l'Armée is taking advantage of Nuit Blanche, on Saturday, October 5, 2019, to unveil its new exhibition, Les Canons de l'Elégance, free for one evening, but also to let us discover Saint-Louis Cathedral, which will welcome the Garde Républicaine wind band for a grand concert at 8pm.