Musee de l’Armee Museum: France

The Musee de L’Armee is a museum at Les Invalides in Paris, France. Originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV, it now houses the Tomb of Napoleon and the museum of the Army of France. The museum’s collections cover the time period from antiquity until the 20th century.

The museum was established in 1905 in the prestigious setting of the Hotel national des Invalides. It holds 500,000 artifacts, including weapons, armour, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings, exhibited in an area of 12,000 m². The permanent collections are organized into “historical collections”, representing a chronological tour from ancient times through the end of World War II.
The museum is open daily except January 1st, May 1st, November 1st, and Christmas.