Marine (Naval) Museum, Paris Photos

The Musée de la Marine occupies half of the Palais de Chaillot opposite the Eiffel Tower. Displays center on French Navy and commercial naval history. Royal barges with elaborate carvings are featured.

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Emperor's rowing canot by Chapman & Guillemard for Napoleon I at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Carving of Neptune on bow of Emperor Napoleon I canot at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Cabin topped with crown on stern of Emperor Napoleon I canot at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Carving of Neptune on stern of Emperor Napoleon I canot at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Emperor's rowing canot (1810) by Chapman & Guillemard for Napoleon I at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Carving of Neptune on bow of Emperor Napoleon I canot (1810) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Cabin topped with crown on stern of Emperor Napoleon I canot (1810) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Carving of Neptune on stern of Emperor Napoleon I canot (1810) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Bow carving of canot of Queen Marie-Antoinette at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Ship lantern from era of Louis XIV at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Visit of Queen Victoria to Tréport on Sept. 1843 painting by Eugène Isabey at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg on Aug. 6, 1858 painting by Antoine-Léon Morel-Fatio at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Bow carving of canot of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1777) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Ship lantern from era of Louis XIV at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Visit of Queen Victoria to Tréport on Sept. 1843 painting (1844) by Eugène Isabey at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg on Aug. 6, 1858 painting (1859) by Antoine-Léon Morel-Fatio at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Boarding of ships Ruyter & Witt at Texel in 1667 painting by Eugène Isabey at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Toulon, visit of French president Loubet to French & Italian naval squadrons in April 1901 painting by Félix Ziem at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Le Valmy 3-masted naval ship model after plans by engineer Leroux from Brest at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Napoleon I bust as Roman emperor carved figurehead for French ship Iéna at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Boarding of ships Ruyter & Witt at Texel in 1667 painting (1850) by Eugène Isabey at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Toulon, visit of French president Loubet to French & Italian naval squadrons in April 1901 painting (1901) by Félix Ziem at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Le Valmy 3-masted naval ship model (1838-42) after plans by engineer Leroux from Brest at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Napoleon I bust as Roman emperor carved figurehead (c1846) for French ship Iéna (named after 1806 battle where Napoleon defeated Prussians) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Amphitrite carved figurehead attrib. Rochefort dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Reliefs carved by Marseilles dockyard preserved decorations from French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of summer theme of stern relief carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of summer theme of stern relief carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Amphitrite carved figurehead (1810) attrib. Rochefort dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Reliefs (1688-94) carved by Marseilles dockyard preserved decorations from French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of summer theme of stern relief (1688-94) carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of summer theme of stern relief (1688-94) carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Detail of summer theme of stern relief carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Sea triton blowing conch carved ship decoration by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Pheme, Greek goddess of rumors & gossip, carved ship decoration by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Details of carved ship decoration by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Detail of summer theme of stern relief (1688-94) carved by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Sea triton blowing conch carved ship decoration (1688-94) by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Pheme, Greek goddess of rumors & gossip, carved ship decoration (1688-94) by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Details of carved ship decoration (1688-94) by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Details of carved ship decoration by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Details of carved ship decoration by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Ram's head stern carving from unknown galley by Marseilles dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Charlemagne ship figurehead by Toulon dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Details of carved ship decoration (1688-94) by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Details of carved ship decoration (1688-94) by Marseilles dockyard for French galley Réale at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Ram's head stern carving from unknown galley (late 17thC) by Marseilles dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Charlemagne ship figurehead (1851) by Toulon dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Charlemagne ship figurehead by Toulon dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Bust of Henry IV ship figurehead by Cherbourg dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Bust of Abraham Duquesne ship figurehead by Brest dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Female ship figurehead from frigate La Poursuivante by Dunkirk dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Charlemagne ship figurehead (1851) by Toulon dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Bust of Henry IV ship figurehead (1848) by Cherbourg dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Bust of Abraham Duquesne ship figurehead (1822) by Brest dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Female ship figurehead from frigate La Poursuivante (1796) by Dunkirk dockyard at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Gaulois chief Brennus figurehead from battleship Brennus by Toulon arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Le Louis le Grand ship model for teaching tactics to marine guards at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Naval maneuvers at Toulon in July 1777 painting by Chevalier Flotte de Saint-Joseph at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat of Martinique 1779 painting by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Gaulois chief Brennus figurehead from battleship Brennus (before 1899) by Toulon arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Le Louis le Grand ship model (c1700) for teaching tactics to marine guards at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Naval maneuvers at Toulon in July 1777 painting (c1777) by Chevalier Flotte de Saint-Joseph at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat of Martinique 1779 painting (1788) by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Battle between French corvette "La Bayonnaise" & English frigate "Embuscade" on Dec. 14, 1798 painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France."Le Redoutable" at Trafalgar painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat d'Ouessant July 23, 1778 painting by Théodore Gudin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat Grand Port Aug. 23, 1810 painting by Pierre-Julien Gilbert at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Battle between French corvette "La Bayonnaise" & English frigate "Embuscade" on Dec. 14, 1798 painting (c1801) by Louis-Philippe Crépin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France."Le Redoutable" at Trafalgar painting (1807) by Louis-Philippe Crépin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat d'Ouessant July 23, 1778 painting (1848) by Théodore Gudin at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Combat Grand Port Aug. 23, 1810 painting (1842) by Pierre-Julien Gilbert at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
View of Amsterdam painting by Ludolf Backhuysen at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Marseille painting by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Cette in Lanuedoc painting by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Bordeaux painting by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
View of Amsterdam painting (1665) by Ludolf Backhuysen at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Marseille painting (1754) by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Cette in Lanuedoc painting (1757) by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Bordeaux painting (1759) by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
View of Port of Rochefort painting by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Bordeaux painting by Édme-Émile Laborne at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port & town of Alger painting by Barthélemy Lauvergne at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Promenade on River Marne by skiff painting by Ferdinand Gueldry at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
View of Port of Rochefort painting (1762) by Joseph Vernet at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port of Bordeaux painting (1871) by Édme-Émile Laborne at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.View of Port & town of Alger painting (1844) by Barthélemy Lauvergne at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Promenade on River Marne by skiff painting (c1906) by Ferdinand Gueldry at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Sailing ship model collection at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Nautical painting collection at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Cases of antique naval hand weapons at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Powder horn & marine officers dagger at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Sailing ship model collection at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Nautical painting collection at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Cases of antique naval hand weapons at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Powder horn (1807-52) & marine officers dagger (1804-15) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Shako of French marine at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Tarred straw hat of French sailor at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Untarred straw hat of French sailor at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.French "In the Marine" commemorative ceramic plate at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Shako of French marine (1831) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Tarred straw hat of French sailor (1834-58) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Untarred straw hat of French sailor (1858-1923) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.French "In the Marine" commemorative ceramic plate (c1850) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Silvered metal officers tea service at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of how Obelisk of Luxor was lowered & moved from Egypt to France in 1831 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of how Obelisk of Luxor was raised on Place de la Concorde in 1836 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model for floating crane for erecting ship masts by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Silvered metal officers tea service (after 1929) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of how Obelisk of Luxor was lowered & moved from Egypt to France in 1831 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of how Obelisk of Luxor was raised on Place de la Concorde in 1836 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model for floating crane for erecting ship masts (early 18thC) by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Model of rope railway to twist ship ropes by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of twisting section of model of ship rope railway by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Various porcelain dishes made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Oval porcelain plate made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Model of rope railway to twist ship ropes (late 18thC) by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Detail of twisting section of model of ship rope railway (late 18thC) by Toulon Arsenal at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Various porcelain dishes (18thC) made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Oval porcelain plate (18thC) made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Porcelain plate made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Paquebot Normandie footed fruit dish in silvered brass marked CGT by Luc Lanel of Christofle at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Paquebot Normandie mural in glass highlighted with silver & gold by Jean Dupas & made by Charles Champigneulle at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of Paquebot France at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Porcelain plate (18thC) made in China for French East India Company at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Paquebot Normandie footed fruit dish in silvered brass (1934) marked CGT (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique) by Luc Lanel of Christofle at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Paquebot Normandie mural in glass highlighted with silver & gold (1935) by Jean Dupas & made by Charles Champigneulle at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of Paquebot France (1960) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Chaise longue & towels from Paquebot France at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Various objects from Paquebot France except games table from Ile de France at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of French dirigible Astra-Torres AT-4 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of La Gloire, first frigate battleship in world launched 1859 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Chaise longue & towels from Paquebot France (1962) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Various objects from Paquebot France (1962) except games table from Ile de France (1949) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of French dirigible Astra-Torres AT-4 (1917-20) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Model of La Gloire, first frigate battleship in world launched 1859 at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Model of L'Océan battleship, floating artillery base with four 240mm canons at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1860s & 1870s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1930s & 1940s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1990s & 2000s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
Model of L'Océan battleship, floating artillery base with four 240mm canons (1868-94) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1860s & 1870s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1930s & 1940s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.Models of French warships from 1990s & 2000s at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France.
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