EXHIBITION EGYPT: FROM THE PHARAOHS TO THE GENERAL
cONFERENCES
The Egyptian Expedition and the Egyptomania of the First Empire
28/09/23 - 18H30
Eugène warmembol
Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles and co-curator of the Egypt exhibition, Eugène Warmembol will be giving a lecture on the Egyptian Expedition and the Egyptomania of the First Empire.
The Egyptian Campaign was a military failure, but despite this, Egypt was widely used in Napoleonic propaganda. Under Emperor Napoleon I, Egypt was omnipresent in both the public and private spheres. Dominique Vivant Denon, curator of the Musée Napoléon, played a central role in this affair. We will be analysing the ins and outs.
28/09/23 – 18H30 I Booking essential I Price €8 I Free admission for museum members I Lecture in French
Bonaparte's scientists in Egypt. 1798-1801
27/10/23 - 18H30
alain pigeard
Alain Pigeart has a doctorate in history and law, and is a great enthusiast of the First Empire. He has written numerous works on the Napoleonic period.
Mr Pigeart will talk to us about Bonaparte’s scientists in Egypt. They were members of an extraordinary expedition, whose military objective failed, but which laid the foundations of modern Egyptology. F. Champollion to decipher the hieroglyphs in 1822.
27/10/23 – 18H30 I Booking essential I Price €8 I Free admission for museum members and members of the Souvenir Napoléonien I Lecture in French
Meeting on the theme of the Héliopolis district in cairo donated by baron edouard empain
23/11/23 - 19h
Amélie d'arschot & guy trouveroy & marie-cécile bruwen
The Egyptian Expedition: Freemasonry in the Land of the Pharaohs
14/12/23 - 18H30
Eugène warmembol
Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles and co-curator of the Egypt exhibition, Eugène Warmembol will be giving a lecture on the Egyptian Expedition: Freemasonry in the Land of the Pharaohs.
The Egyptian Campaign was a military operation, but also a scientific adventure. The Commission des Sciences et des Arts, which produced the “Description de l’Egypte”, was almost a Masonic enterprise. Freemasonry flourished in Egypt, with the creation of a large number of military lodges. They returned to France “laden with obelisks and pyramids”. From then on, Pharaonic Egypt was widely used in French and European lodges. We will analyse how and why.
14/12/23 – 18H30 I Booking essential I P.A.V 8€ I Free admission for museum members I Lecture in French