The Fondation Napoléon is dedicated to the history of the First and Second Empires and its mission is to provide information, to facilitate access to documentation and to encourage research. It supports initiatives which promote a better understanding of these periods and works to highlight the importance of the Napoleonic heritage.

The Fondation addresses all publics, from those with a general interest, through collectors, enthusiasts, scholars, academics, journalists right down to the simply curious.

In its support for the work of historians, the Fondation Napoléon has a broad range of activities, notably:

A bi-lingual (French/English) general interest internet site, www.napoleon.org of over 20,000 pages. This site had 3,3 millions visitors in 2009.

The present internet site, www.napoleonica.org which specialises in the publication of rare or unpublished sources on the history of the two empires.

The "Bibiothèque Martial Lapeyre" , open to the general public, specialising in the history of the two empires. This library offers free access to over 11,000 volumes and 120 history periodicals.

Financial support for the Association du Souvenir Napoléonien, notable the full funding of the Revue du Souvenir Napoléonien (bimonthly, circulation approximately 4,000).

Publication, and assistance with publication, of books on the two empires.

Cultural patronage of prestige Napoleonic events in France and abroad.

Annual Prizes awarded to books published on the two empires. Two prizes of 5,000 euros are awarded, one for the First Empire, the other for the Second Empire.

·Study Grants for French and foreign students whose work is related to the First or Second Empire. Seven grants of 7,500 euros are awarded.

The Fondation Napoléon also has a collection of objects, works of art, photographs, etc., to which it is constantly adding. The aim is to put these on show to the public in future years.

The Fondation Napoléon draws its resources for these projects from gifts and bequests, in the forefront of which is the legacy left by Martial Lapeyre. Keen to promote studies on the subjects that most interested him, this industrialist (a door and window fittings manufacturer from the Auvergne, member of the Association du Souvenir Napoléonien, and a great collector with a passion for history) arranged his estate on behalf of the Napoleonic world. The Souvenir Napoléonien and the Fondation de France, in agreement with the tutelary ministries, created the Fondation Napoléon, and this was given the status of 'reconnue d'utilité publique' (= registered charity) by a decree of 12 November 1987.

Contact
Fondation Napoléon
148 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris - France
Ph.: +33 0(1)56 43 46 00
Mail : information@napoleon.org

Organisation

Board of Governors (2010/06/15)

Honorary President
Baron Gourgaud (former president, 1987-2005)

President
Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling

Vice-president
Bernard Chevallier,
National Museum Curator,
Former director of the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau

Secretary
Christian Fileaux,
President of the Souvenir Napoléonien

Treasurer
Comte Nicolas Walewski

Deputy treasurer
Dr Maurice Bernard-Catinat,
Representative of the Souvenir Napoléonien

Governors
Philippe Bélaval,
Conseiller d'Etat, Directeur des Patrimoines,
Representative of the Ministère de la Culture

Dr Anne-Marie Desbordes,
Representative of the Souvenir Napoléonien

Nicolas Georges,
Directeur du Livre,
Representative of the Ministère de la Culture

Préfet Jean-Michel Mehnert,
Representative of the Ministère de l'Intérieur

Gérard Moyaux,
Representative of the Souvenir Napoléonien

S.A. le Prince Murat,
Representative of the Souvenir Napoléonien

Executive

Direction
Thierry Lentz,
Director

Pierre Branda,
Chargé de mission for the Director

Documentation Service, Public Relations and IT
Irène Delage,
Section head

Peter Hicks,
Historian and International Relations Manager

Chantal Lheureux-Prévot,
In charge of the library, the Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre-Fondation Napoléon

Emmanuelle Papot-Chanteranne,
Web editor

Hamish Davey Wright,
Web editor

Project for the Publication of the Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte
François Houdecek,
Project manager

Marie Baudouin
Assistant

Collection
Karine Huguenaud
In charge of the Collection

Muguette Jumeau

Administration
Anne Rabaud,
Accounts and general administration

Muguette Jumeau,
"Relations extérieures"

Alexandra Mongin,
Secretary to the Director

Daphné Waldbaum
Reception