Please note that from 30 April to 2 May, there will be a conference at the museum, so the main cafe and front entrance will be closed for public visitors. The main museum will be open as normal, and there will be a smaller cafe on the second floor selling drinks and sandwiches.
On the 1st March 1815, after only eleven months of exile, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped his captors on the island of Elba, and began the 100 days until his final defeat at the battle of Waterloo. Discover more about Napoleon's 100 days, the people, the arms and armour, and finally the battle of Waterloo.