Louisiana State Museum

	Treasures of Napoléon

	Treasures of Napoléon offers visitors an amazing opportunity to see beyond the myth of Napoléon Bonaparte and gain an understanding of this complex figure as a man. The exhibition includes more than 400 extraordinary artifacts including the earliest known letter in his hand; the valise that brought him the signed Louisiana Purchase documents from America; the sword that proclaimed him Emperor in the Coronation Ceremony at Notre Dame; his camp bed from the Battle of Wagram; his personal map of the French Empire (1812); and the clothes he wore soon before his death.
	Treasures of Napoléon is a traveling exhibition from the Russell Etling Company. www.napoleonexhibit.com The exhibition is presented in New Orleans with the support of the Louisiana Museum Foundation, W.R. Irby Trust, Office of Lt. Governor and the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, and the Lelong family. Additional support is provided by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

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