Musée de la Libération de Paris - Musée du Général Leclerc - Musée Jean Moulin

The Musée de la Libération de Paris contains two separate museums which document the lives of two individuals responsible for resistance and liberation in Paris and France. These are Général Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), a Free French general who participated in the Liberation of Paris and was named Marshall of France following his death, and Jean Moulin (1899-1943), the first President of the National Council of Resistance who died in German captivity following torture by Lyn Gestapo Chief Klaus Barbie.

The two museums were inaugurated on August 25, 2019 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, and present the history of the Liberation of Paris and France through the lens of Leclerc’s and Moulin’s activities. The museum is also located on the site of the former command post of Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, Commander of the French Forces of the Interior during the Liberation of Paris, and has preserved it as a permanent exhibition.