The Army Museum

The Army Museum is home to an impressive collection, showcasing the weaponry used throughout France's turbulent history.

Visit The Army Museum with Go City®

• Take a look at the museum's huge collection of military paraphernalia.
• Visit Napoleon's tomb.

This attraction requires a Paris Museum Pass

You'll receive a free Paris Museum Pass when you purchase an All-Inclusive Pass from Go City. This added extra gives you free entry to dozens of top museums and monuments. You'll need to make sure you download it ahead of your trip to The Army Museum.

About this experience

Although now the home of some 500,000 objects, The Army Museum at Les Invalides was originally built by Louis XIV as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers.

The Musée de L'Armée was established in 1905 by merging the collections of the Artillery Museum and the Historical Army Museum. It now houses a huge collection of weapons, armour, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings.

The other big draw of The Army Museum is that it is the location of the Tomb of Napoléon. Although he was originally buried on the island of St Helena, King Louis-Philippe ordered the emperor’s body be returned to France. Designed by the architect Visconti, the tomb has a green granite base and is circled by a crown of laurels and inscriptions of the great victories of the Empire. The body of the Emperor was laid in the tomb on April 2nd 1861.