Virtual Tour
The Museum is about Napoleon and Marie Louise, his second wife....jpg
...whom he married looking for an heir, who was born the following year, in 1811.jpg
The Congress of Vienna separeted this family: Marie Louise was sent to Parma.jpg
This is her bedroom, before her palace was bombed during WWII.jpg
Where she brought many memories of her years with the Emperor.jpg
Many of her treasures passed to her newphews, Counts Sanvitale, in Parma.jpg
Including her fortepiano....jpg
....silk and silver dresses....jpg
portrait of the most truthful beings of the Courts....jpg
...jewels, ....jpg
ladscapes from her treasured journeys....jpg
...some of which reveal her second and secret marriage with Count Neipperg.jpg
Letters and diaries tell us her inner feeling.jpg
and many objects show her preferred activities.jpg
She was also keen on building useful monuments, like the still acclaimed Teatro Regio.jpg
Paolo Toschi was in charge of Parma artistic life.jpg
just like Petitot was in the previous century.jpg
Petitot was a talented architect....jpg
...working for the family Borbone Parma, offspring of the Spanish and French crowns.jpg
The Court of Parma passed again to the Borbone for a few years, after Marie Louise death.jpg
Come and visit soon!.jpg
Short of time? Take a look at this photogallery showing the main features of our Museum!