Marie Antoinette: A Guided Tour of the V&A Exhibition at the Conciergerie Museum in Paris

Fashion Icon. Wronged Queen. Evil Harpy. Loving Mother. Lavish Libertine. Royal Martyr.

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Marie Antoinette has long been different things to different people. In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a fully guided tour of the sold-out Marie Antoinette Style Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum to explore her life. Then, we’ll go on an in-depth tour of the Conciergerie in Paris – the prison where she spent her final 76 days before being beheaded on the guillotine.

We'll mostly explore her life - and the French Revolution that ended it - chronologically, using the artefacts at the V&A and the Conciergerie. This is a fascinating story illustrated with rare and beautiful objects. On y va!

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VIDEO SUMMARY

0:00 - Introduction to the tour
2:21 - Marie Antoinette's Early Life and Engagement to the Dauphin
3:17 - Maria Antonia Comes to France and Marries Louis
5:55 - The Young Queen has a Taste for Luxury
7:42 - After 8 Years! Children are Born
8:57 - Breastfeeding and the Breast Bowl (Bol Sein)
10:11 - Her Love of Portraits and Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
11:40 - The Public Blames Her for their Financial Woes
13:18 - Did she really say "Let Them Eat Cake?"
13:46 - The Diamond Necklace Affair and a Brewing Revolution
17:01 - The Revolution Begins and the Royal Family Under House Arrest
19:09 - Propaganda: Marie Antoinette as a Harpy and a Sexual Temptress
20:10 - Marie Antoinette Tries to Repair Her Image - Again
20:57 - The Royal Family Imprisoned in the Temple Prison and Louis XVI Beheaded
22:38 - The Early History of the Conciergerie and Palais de la Cité
24:45 - The Conciergerie, Robespierre, and the Reign of Terror
26:33 - The Corridor of Cells
28:00 - The Expiatory Chapel Dedicated to Marie Antoinette
29:04 - Marie Antoinette's Cell and the Women's Courtyard
29:29 - The September Massacres and Marie Gredelet's Torture
30:28 - Charlotte Corday and the Murder of Marat
31:31 - Marie Antoinette's Trial and Execution
33:51 - Wax Casts of her Severed Head, Madame Tussaud, and a Guillotine Blade
34:38 - Her Final Letters and a Memorial to Elisabeth of France
36:04 - The Salle des Noms (Room of Names)
36:54 - What Happened to Marie Antoinette's Remains?
38:13 - The Tragic Fate of her Son, Louis Charles
40:08 - Marie Antoinette's Lasting Impact on Fashion