Horse in Majesty

To coincide with the equestrian events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, to be hosted on the Versailles estate, the Château is holding a major exhibition dedicated to horses and equestrian civilisation in Europe - the first exhibition on this theme to be presented on such a scale.

From 2 July to 3 November 2024, the Palace of Versailles will be holding an exhibition entitled "Horse in Majesty - At the Heart of a Civilisation". Nearly 300 works will highlight the roles and uses of horses in civil and military society, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, up to the eve of the First World War, which marked the end of horse-drawn civilisation and the relegation of horses to the realm of leisure.

This first exhibition dedicated to horses on such a scale will be divided into thirteen sections on a tour leading visitors through several emblematic areas of the Palace: the Africa Rooms, the King's State Apartment, the Hall of Mirrors, the War and Peace Rooms, Madame Maintenon's Apartment and the Dauphine's Apartment.

Curators : 

Laurent Salomé, Director of the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Hélène Delalex, Heritage Curator at the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

patron

Thanks to the patronage of the CMA CGM Group.