{"id":135410,"date":"2022-02-17T20:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familinparis.fr\/the-castle-of-malmaison-and-bois-preau\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T17:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:16:21","slug":"the-castle-of-malmaison-and-bois-preau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familinparis.fr\/en\/the-castle-of-malmaison-and-bois-preau\/","title":{"rendered":"The castle of Malmaison and Bois-Pr\u00e9au"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The residence of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Jos\u00e9phine<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The visit of the Ch\u00e2teau de Malmaison and the garden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today Malmaison is a museum-castle. It was once the private residence of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Empress Jos\u00e9phine.Jos\u00e9phine acquired it in 1799. She has made it an elegant and refined residence, the couple’s private residence. Over the years, Malmaison became a place where many political decisions were taken. Jos\u00e9phine settled there permanently after her divorce and died there in 1814. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • This castle is a castle-museum<\/strong>. This was the wish of Napoleon III, grandson of Empress Jos\u00e9phine <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A visit to the Ch\u00e2teau de Malmaison will allow you to discover several rooms decorated<\/strong> with marble, gilding, and mosaics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A rich collection of works<\/strong> dating from the beginning of the reign of Napoleon 1st is presented to the public: furniture<\/strong>, paintings<\/strong>, porcelain<\/strong>, weapons<\/strong>… of the Napoleonic era.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Several rooms from the time have been reconstructed: Napoleon’s mahogany wood bookcase<\/strong> or the oval room where Jos\u00e9phine died<\/strong> in 1814.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The gardens of Malmaison<\/strong> : the Empress Jos\u00e9phine loved roses, especially fragrant roses (she was called rose) and the rose garden lists more than 150 varieties of roses<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The black swans have been back at Malmaison<\/strong> since 2017, just like in Josephine’s time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    With children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • An audio guide for children<\/strong> is available in French and English (price: \u20ac2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Visits are organised for families on weekends and at Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Conference tours of Malmaison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • All year round, visits are organized with a tour guide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Several themes are proposed. Some examples of scheduled conferences: ” Discovering Malmaison<\/strong>“, ” The extraordinary destiny of General Bonaparte<\/strong>“, ” A day with Jos\u00e9phine<\/strong>” <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n
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