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The National Gendarmerie Museum (French - ''Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale'') is a museum on the history of France's
The National Gendarmerie Museum (French - ''Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale'') is a museum on the history of France's National Gendarmerie
The National Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie nationale, ) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Mini ...
. It is sited at 1-3 Rue Émile-Leclerc in the town of Melun
Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of the Seine-et-Ma ...
.
It first opened in 1946 but has since been repeatedly extended. Thanks to a protocol signed in 2005 between the Minister of Defence
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
, the communauté d'agglomération Melun Val de Seine
The Communauté d'agglomération Melun Val de Seine is a ''communauté d'agglomération'' in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' and in the Île-de-France '' région'' of France, centred on the city of Melun. Its area is 153.2 km2. Its popul ...
and the town of Melun, it closed between 2007 and 2015 for a complete refurbishment and redisplay in a building near the Gendarmerie's officer-training establishment.
It has over 30,000 objects, documents and photographs, including over 1,000 photographs. ''Un musée pour découvrir la Gendarmerie autrement'' (Service de diffusion de la gendarmerie à Limoges / SDG14-33738-10 000) 2000 of these objects, documents and photographs are displayed over 1200 square metres of permanent display space. There is also a 200 square metre temporary exhibitions space, a 135 square metre reading room, a conference room and education spaces. The Museum was made a ' Musée de France' by France's haut conseil des musées on 14 January 2011.
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