Tag: Marie Antionette
Inside Marie Antoinette’s Hyper-Expensive Secret Retreat
Château de Fontainebleau began as a 12th-century medieval castle before becoming a Renaissance palace in the 1500s. For 750 years, French kings and emperors used this grand retreat near Paris. Its Italian frescoes, 19th-century elevator and 130 acres of g...
Conserving a Delicate 18th-Century Fan
Join Senior Paper Conservator Susan Catcher as she conserves a fragile 200-year-old fan from the era of Marie Antoinette.
The Necklace That Ruined Marie Antoinette?
Watch as Senior Curator Sarah Grant unboxes the Sutherland Diamonds – a jewelry set comprising of necklace and earrings which are connected to the ruin and execution of Marie Antoinette. But how did these diamonds manage to change history? And are these t...
Marie Antoinette Conservation: Revealing the Controversial Queen’s Portrait
Step into the Furniture Conservation Studio as Senior Conservator Kevin carefully and mindfully removes the frame from an original portrait of the controversial Queen of France, Marie Antoinette.
The History Of Madame Tussauds
Millions and millions of people have flocked through the doors of Madame Tussauds since they first opened over 250 years ago and it remains just as popular as it ever was.
