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Just steps from the Élysée Palace, the Maison Élysée presents, from April 28 to June 27, 2026, an unprecedented exhibition dedicated to the honorary titles of the President of the Republic, in collaboration with the Museum of the Legion of Honour and Chivalric Orders. This exhibition offers an immersion into the origins and significance of the multiple institutional roles of the Head of State.
Through an exceptional selection of around forty works, decorations, insignia, and archival documents—some inherited from the Ancien Régime and still in use today—the tour highlights the diversity and richness of the honorary titles attached to the presidential office. These items bear witness both to national history and to the ties maintained with other states. Thanks to prestigious loans from the Museum of the Legion of Honour, the Jacques Chirac Presidential Museum, the François Mitterrand Institute, the National Domain of Chambord, and the library of the Institut de France, the exhibition invites visitors to discover emblematic titles, such as that of Grand Master of the Legion of Honour, as well as lesser-known distinctions, like that of Honorary Canon of certain cathedrals. Conceived as an invitation to explore the symbolic dimension of the French presidency, this exhibition helps to better understand the evolution of these titles, their meaning, and their role in republican life.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Presidency of the Republic / Museum of the Legion of Honour