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The Treasures of NAPOLÉON Exhibition Dazzled Thousands

The spectacular traveling exhibition, Treasures of NAPOLEON, told the fascinating story of Napoléon and featured world-class art and design of his time. The exhibition was conceived and organized by Russell Etling with a talented team of professionals. It opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC in September 2005 and closed at the Missouri History Museum in Saint Louis in 2011. Over the course of its six-year tour, it was seen by more than 225,000 visitors and universally praised.

Created from the extraordinary collection of 1st Empire authority and author, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, the exhibit showcased rare, personal belongings of Napoléon I, as well as some of the most famous depictions of him by the greatest artists of the time. While elements of the exhibition had been loaned for major exhibitions around the world, this was the first time these irreplaceable artifacts were seen in North America.

Treasures of NAPOLEON offered visitors an opportunity to see beyond the “legend” of Napoléon Bonaparte to gain an understanding of this complex figure as a man. User-friendly interpretive text and more than 250 objects, framed paintings, prints and documents, as well as furniture from the Imperial palaces, shined a light on the extraordinary life of one of history's pivotal figures.

Catalogues for this exhibition are still available at our online store.

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We thank Exhibits Development Group (EDG), for representing the exhibition in North America and around the world. The Exhibits Development Group has offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Washington, DC, and provides their clients professional development, placement, distribution and management of temporary and permanent exhibition. For information contact Amy Noble Seitz, President, (651) 222-1121. Current EDG exhibitions.


Antique French Napoleonic Light Cavalry Officer's Saber Sword First Empire picture

Antique French Napoleonic Light Cavalry Officer's Saber Sword First Empire

$2500.00



LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD - REVOLUTION- NAPOLEON CAMPAIGNS - HUSSAR SABER picture

LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD - REVOLUTION- NAPOLEON CAMPAIGNS - HUSSAR SABER

$2200.00



11th Dragon AN 10 Rare BONAPARTE SWORD PATENT picture

11th Dragon AN 10 Rare BONAPARTE SWORD PATENT

$1336.06



Napoleonic French Model 1821 Saber Sword 1800s w Scabbard A Brast A Aaurau picture

Napoleonic French Model 1821 Saber Sword 1800s w Scabbard A Brast A Aaurau

$1012.50



Original Very Early British 1796 Napoleonic Saber Sword picture

Original Very Early British 1796 Napoleonic Saber Sword

$600.00



FRENCH OFF. ROTATING BRANCH SWORD SABER Mle 1784 ROYAL REVOLUT NAPOLEON W SCABAR picture

FRENCH OFF. ROTATING BRANCH SWORD SABER Mle 1784 ROYAL REVOLUT NAPOLEON W SCABAR

$560.00



Napoleon Signature

Images © photo12.com-Pierre-Jean Chalençon
A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011