Conference "Exhibition at the Musée de l'Armée - On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the naval troops".

With the participation of Philippe Guyot

The speaker

Saint-Cyrien, Legion officer, the lieutenant-colonel Philippe Guyot is an experienced historian and curator, trained at the Institut national du Patrimoine. He was head of the Foreign Legion Museum (2004-2008) and the Artillery Museum (2010-2019) before taking over as head of the Artillery Department at the Musée de l'Armée in the summer of 2021.

Having spent thirteen years in various regiments of the French Foreign Legion, including one in Mururoa and Hao and four in French Guiana, he is also an overseas practitioner and curated the exhibition "Trente objets pour raconter les Troupes de marine" (Thirty objects to tell the story of the Troupes de marine) presented at the Musée de l'Armée from 15 June to 19 September this year.

Married, father of 3 and recently grandfather of a little Edouard.

The conference

"The discovery trail called 30 objects to tell the story of the Troupes de marine is the result of a joint initiative by the Chief of Staff of the French Army and the Director of the Musée de l'Armée. It covers 4 centuries of history, based on the permanent exhibits in the museum. It was an opportunity to mark this year's highly symbolic anniversary, to revisit the Army Museum's collections and, finally, to continue the preparatory work for the future rooms devoted to colonisation and decolonisation.