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.

Getting in

Show your Paris Museum Pass at the entrance. 

Information about your Paris Museum Pass

Buy an All-Inclusive Pass with Go City, and you will also receive a free Paris Museum Pass to use at the same time! This added extra gives you free entry to dozens of top museums and monuments.

Once you've purchased your All-Inclusive Pass on the Go City website, we'll send you all the details you need to download your additional Paris Museum Pass. Be sure to do this ahead of your trip as you'll need it to enter The Army Museum.

For the full list of attractions on the digital Paris Museum Pass, please visit our information page. 

For more information visit The Army Museum website.