Musée de L’Ordre de la Libération

The Musée de L’Ordre de la Libération (Order of the Liberation Museum) in Paris is housed in the vast Musée de L’Armée (Army Musuem) located in Les Invalides. Inaugurated in 1970, it is dedicated to and commemorates L’Ordre de la Libération (The Order of Liberation) founded by General Charles de Gaulle in 1940 to recognise individuals who fought for French liberation during the Second World War.

The museum displays more than 2000 artifacts belonging to members of the Order of Liberation, organised into four sections: Free France, French Resistance, Deportation, and artifacts belonging to General de Gaulle.