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18 September 2025

«Marie Antoinette style», exceptional loans to the Victoria & Albert Museum

Exhibition at the V&A, London – 20 September 2025 to 22 March 2026

On the occasion of the exhibition Marie Antoinette Style, the Château de Versailles is lending around twenty works to the V&A in London.

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29 november 2024

2024 : major acquisitions thanks to the société des amis de versailles

A Louis XVI fire screen, a portrait of Madame de Pompadour, two plates, and a dressing table belonging to Madame Victoire have notably been added to the collections of the château thanks to the Société des Amis de Versailles.

The Palace of Versailles acknowledges the invaluable support of the Société des Amis de Versailles in its acquisition policy.

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30 January 2023

Preserving Palace-Museums in the Age of Climate Change

Launching the new European EPICO 2023-2025 research program

On January 31, 2023, the Palace of Versailles launched an innovative program to investigate the impact of climate change on…

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December 19th 2022

The Palace of Versailles acquires portrait of the Duke of Choiseul

The Palace of Versailles acquired a portrait by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard depicting a minister to Louis XV.

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11 October 2022

The Palace of Versailles pre-empts two exceptional objects

The Palace of Versailles pre-empts two scabellons created by André-Charles Boulle and a table by Adam Weisweiler.

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27 May 2022

Acquisition of a portrait of Catherine Duchemin

The first woman to be admitted to France’s Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

The Palace of Versailles has just acquired an oil on canvas painting of Catherine Duchemin.

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