For its new exhibition, starting on February 12^th, the French Maritime Museum in Paris recounts a Franco-Egyptian historical event. Indeed, the visitors will be told about the over six-year-long journey of the Luxor Obelisk, erected in 1836 between the Palais des Tuileries and the Champs-Elysées.

Exhibition: “The Journey of the Obelisk, Luxor-Paris (1829-1836)”, from February 12^th to July 6^th, 2014.
Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 11am to 6pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm.
Closed on Tuesdays and on January 1^st, May 1^st and December 25^th.
Full rate: €10 / Concession: €8 (under-26s and students) / 7-18 year olds: €5 / 3-6 year olds: €2.

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, Méhémet-Ali, vice-king of Egypt (1769-1849)
Oil on canvas, 1840
© RMN – Grand Palais – Château de Versailles – Gérard Blot

Musée national de la Marine
17, place du Trocadéro
75116 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 65 69 69
Metro: Trocadéro (lines 6 and 9).

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