Journées du Patrimoine 2025: the Service Historique de la Défense in Vincennes (94) celebrates its 20th anniversary

The military archives of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces are opening their doors to us on September 20 and 21, 2025, on the occasion of the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days), to reveal a few of history's secrets... This year's program is marked by the 20th anniversary of this service located in Vincennes, in the Val-de-Marne region of France.

The Journées du Patrimoine are back! Mark the date in your diary: on September 20 and 21, 2025, Paris and the Île-de-France region will be transformed into a veritable Ali Baba's cave for lovers of culture and regional curiosities. Thousands of museums, monuments, places of power and worship, workshops, department stores, theaters and gardens open their doors to the general public.

These special tours allow us to rediscover and better appreciate the heritage treasures that are all around us, sometimes without us even knowing it! The Heritage Days also open the doors to places that are usually closed to the public, such as ministries, backstage at railway stations or cabarets... Or the archives of the French National Secretariat for Defense and National Security!

The Service Historique de la Défense is a site linked to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, inviting the curious to unveil a few secrets linked to French history, through unprecedented tours. An opportunity not to be missed.

On the program for the Journées du Patrimoine 2025 at the Service Historique de la Défense in Vincennes:

Aucun événement annoncé à ce jour, le programme est mis à jour en fonction des annonces officielles.

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