There is a section of the museum that encompasses the time period from the French Revolution of 1792 to the third French Republic in 1870. There is also currently a special exibit centering on Napoleon the first's reign.
A model of the Bastille.
This is what a typical section looks like. Uniforms of the time period, paintings of famous personages of a particular battle or era, artifacts from that era and...
...a large table with a particular battle played out on it. They did an excellent job of setting up the battle including reasons for it then played it out from start to finish. By this point my wife and I were war museumed out and could have spent another day here. We had not even seen the WW1 and WW2 section yet. Another time.
In the Napoleon exibit they had the painting of "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" by Jacques-Louis David in 1800. It is a magnificent painting full of symbolism and meaning. It is no wonder the image was put on pottery and copies made.
Lord Nelson's uniform he was wearing when shot at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The white hole in the left sholder is the wound that killed him.
Napoleon's uniform.
Royal jewelry worn by Marie-Louise of Austria.
In the Napoleon exhibit they also show the other side of the stories. There was this impressive picture of Agustina de Aragon. She was a woman who fought in the Spanish war of Independence against the French as a civilian and when she entered the military, rose to the rank of Captain. She was an inspiration for the Spanish to throw off the French invaders and lived to 71 years of age.
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