Today's museum was created in 1925. It displays a history of France's honours, medals, decorations, and chivalric orders from the time of King Louis XI to the present, including Napoleonic souvenirs and more than 300 portraits. A special section is dedicated to foreign orders. Its library and archives contain more than 3,000 works.
musée, légion, honneur, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, march, 2013, learn, . This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Musee national de la Legion d honneur et des ordres de chevalerie French for National museum of the Legion of Honour and of orders of chivalry is a French national museum of orders of merit and orders of chivalry It is located in the Palais de la Legion d Honneur beside the Musee d Orsay at 2 rue de la Legion d Honneur in the 7th arrondissement of Paris France It is open daily except Monday and Tuesday admission is free The nearest metro and RER stations are Musee d Orsay Solferino and Assemblee Nationale The museum building in 2013Interior of the museumThe museum building at night Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe museum is housed within the Hotel de Salm built in 1782 by architect Pierre Rousseau for Frederick III Prince of Salm Kyrburg The building burned in 1871 during the Paris Commune and it subsequently was restored by a subscription of medallists Since 1804 this building has been called the Palais de la Legion d Honneur and it is the seat of France s highest honours the Legion d honneur 1802 the Medaille militaire 1852 and the Ordre national du Merite 1963 Today s museum was created in 1925 It displays a history of France s honours medals decorations and chivalric orders from the time of King Louis XI to the present including Napoleonic souvenirs and more than 300 portraits A special section is dedicated to foreign orders Its library and archives contain more than 3 000 works See also editList of museums in Paris Military awards and decorations of FranceReferences editParis Petit Fute 2007 page 144 ISBN 2 7469 1701 7 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musee de la Legion d honneur Official website ParisInfo entry Paris org entry 48 51 38 N 2 19 28 E 48 86056 N 2 32444 E 48 86056 2 32444 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Musee de la Legion d 27honneur amp oldid 983344041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
