Bibliography
The Napoleon Museum
- B. Chevallier, Île d’Aix, Napoleon Museum, Gourgaud Foundation, Paris, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1997.
- P.A. Berniard, History of the Île d'Aix, Ottawa (Canada), Beauregard Press, 1988.
- D. Droin, Napoleon in Charente-Maritime, La Rochelle, Pré-Océan, 2000.
- R. Dufraisse, Napoleon, Paris, What do I know? 1998 (fourth edition).
- Dr. E. Garnier,The Île d'Aix through the Ages, Tarbes, 1909 (republished, Rumeur des Ages, La Rochelle, 1984).
- C.Pincemaille, The Gourgaud Folly, the National Museums of the Île d'Aix, RMN, Geste éditions, 2009
- J. Tulard, The Napoleon Dictionary, Paris, Fayard, 1987.
- J. Tulard et L. Garros, Napoleon’s Itinerary day by day, 1769-1821, Paris, 1992.
African Museum
- E. Féau, Île d'Aix, Napoleon Museum, Gourgaud Foundation, African Museum, Paris, Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1986 (Small Guides to Great Museums, no. 111).
- M. Augé, The God Object, Paris, Flammarion, 1988.
- M.L. Bastin, Introduction to the Art of Black Africa, Arnouville, Arts d’Afrique Noire édit., 1984.
- J. Delange, The Arts and People of Black Africa, Introduction to Analysing Visual Arts, Paris, Gallimard, 1967.
- J. Delange et M. Leiris, The Arts and People of Black Africa, the Visual Arts, Paris, Gallimard, l’Univers des Formes, 1967.
- M. Huet, J. Laude et J.L. Paudrat, Dances of Africa, Paris, Chêne, 1978.
- J. Ki-Zerbo, History of Black Africa, Paris, Hattier, 1978.
- G.P. Murdock, Africa: Its Peoples and their Culture History, New-York, 1959.
- Exhibition: African Sculptures in French Public Collections, Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, 1972.
Links
Tourism Partners
- Île d’Aix Tourist Office
- Museums of La Rochelle
- Museums Council of Poitou-Charentes
- Regional Tourist Committee for Charente-Maritime
Other African Museums
- Museum of African and Oceanic Arts
- Musée du Quai Branly for the Arts and Civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
The Napoleonic Network
- Site de la Fondation Napoléon The Napoleon Foundation website
- Archives et documents napoléoniens réunis par la Fondation Napoléon Napoleonic Archives and Documents collected by the Napoleon Foundation
- La bibliothèque Paul-Marmottan Paul-Marmotton Library
- Musée national du château de Fontainebleau National Museum of the Château de Fontainebleau
- Musée national du château de Compiègne National Museum of the Château de Compiègne
- Musée de l’Armée The National Military Museum of France
- Musée du Louvre The Louvre Museum
- Musée national du château de Versailles The Museum of the Palace of Versailles
- Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d’Honneur Grand Chancery of the Légion d Honneur
- Musée d’Arenberg The Museum of Arenberg
- Musée napoléonien de Rome The Napoleon Museum in Rome
- Site Tascher de la Pagerie dédié à Joséphine The Tascher de la Pagerie website devoted to Josephine
Pictures
To find the references of the photographs of the works of the museum : www.photo.rmn.fr, data base of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux photo agency.