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Malmaison et Bois Preau Description

The château of Malmaison, in the western Paris suburb of Rueil-Malmaison, contains many mementos of Napoleon and the Empress Joséphine. Since 1906 it has been a national museum, the Musée National du Château de Malmaison.

The château, in Early Baroque style, was built in 1620 and was acquired in 1799 by Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife. After being divorced by Napoleon she lived here retired and alone. She died in Malmaison in 1814, 10 months before Napoleon, after the failure of his "hundred days", came here to take farewell of his family and his country before going into exile on St Helena. Napoleon III bought the property in memory of his grandmother and had it restored. A later owner presented it to the state in

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Hobbies & Activities category: Castle, chateau, palace; Garden or botanic display; Historic site; Historical museum

Address

Malmaison et Bois Preau
1 avenue du Château
F-92500 Paris
France

http://www.musees-nationaux-napoleoniens.org/homes/home_id25127_u1l2.htm

Hours



Open	9:00	Closed	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Closed	12:00		12:00	12:00	12:00	12:00	12:00
Open	14:00		14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00
Closed	17:30		17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) May Day / Labor Day (May 1) All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1) Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11) Christmas - Christian (December 25)