For lovers of contemporary history, a museum dedicated to the resistance during the Second World War awaits you in the capital. The Musée de la Libération de Paris - musée du général Leclerc - musée Jean Moulin was inaugurated at the end of August 2019 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. Originally located above the Montparnasse train station, the museum moved to the heart of the capital, Place Denfert-Rochereau,"in the pavilions designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux". Not a random choice, since it was through the Place Denfert-Rochereau that General Leclerc liberated Paris from Nazi occupation. The fully restored building offers history buffs"a new visitor experience, thanks to innovative mediation tools".
The permanent collection is arranged chronologically, presenting each stage of the conflict"with a clear, didactic bias". The aim?To "pass on this fundamental page of history to as many people as possible". In all, more than 7,000 original documents, objects and photographs, as well as archive videos and eyewitness accounts, are on display.
And the icing on the cake: the opportunity to visit a former underground resistance shelter. A unique anti-aircraft shelter, for a museum that is reinventing itself, with a view to offering a new immersive vision of history, thanks in particular to the possibility of visiting this shelter in augmented reality and meeting Colonel Rol Tanguy. Between the wars, the Resistance, the African campaign, D-Day and the Liberation of Paris... We follow the careers of Jean Moulin and General Leclerc. Two sacred monsters of French history who guide our steps for a total immersion.
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Dates and Opening Time
Next days
Tuesday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Wednesday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Thursday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Friday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Saturday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Sunday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 05:50 p.m.
Location
museum of the Liberation of Paris
4 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy
75014 Paris 14
Access
RER B, metro line 4 or 6 "Denfert-Rochereau" station
Recommended age
For all
Official website
chantiermuseeliberation.paris.fr
More information
Opening August 27, 2019. Augmented reality experience every afternoon, over three slots. Registration at reception.
