Exhibition guide
A stone's throw from the Élysée Palace, the Maison Élysée presents from April 28 to June 27, 2026, a unique exhibition devoted to the honorary titles of the President of the Republic, in collaboration with the museum of the Legion of Honor and orders of chivalry. This exhibition offers an immersion into the origin and meaning of the multiple institutional roles of the head of state.
Visit details
- Dates: From Tuesday April 28, 2026 to Saturday June 27, 2026: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Venue: La Maison Élysée, 88 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris
- Price: free
- Audience: Public jeunes et adultes.
- Source: Event page
About the exhibition
Through an exceptional selection of around forty works, decorations and insignia and archival documents, some inherited from the Ancien Régime and still in use today, as well as archival documents, the tour highlights the diversity and richness of the honorific titles attached to the presidential function. These pieces bear witness to both national history and the links maintained with other States.
Thanks to prestigious loans from the Museum of the Legion of Honor, the Museum of President Jacques Chirac, the François Mitterrand Institute, the national domain of Chambord and the library of the Institute of France, the exhibition invites you to discover emblematic titles, such as that of Grand Master of the Legion of Honor, but also more distinctions. unknown, such as that of honorary canon of certain cathedrals.
Designed as an invitation to explore the symbolic dimension of the French presidency, this exhibition allows us to better understand the evolution of these titles, their meaning and their role in republican life