# An Empire for a King: The Conquest of Algeria at Louis-Philippe's Versailles

Versailles is best known today as the palace of Louis XIV, but in the 19th century, the chateau had another life as a museum of national history. The history museum's galleries are now mostly closed to the public, but in its heyday, one of its largest and most popular sections was a suite of rooms devoted to the French conquest of Algeria. The creation and reception of these galleries, commissioned by King Louis-Philippe and decorated by the painter Horace Vernet over the 1840s, offers a unique window into the politics and culture of empire in 19th-century France.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Genres: War, Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687955/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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