Already on show on the railings of Hôtel de Ville, the exhibition Femmes et Résistance (Women and Resistance) will be transferred to the Pantheon at the beginning of June – forty-six portraits of women who have resisted, fighters who risked their lives, both famous and unknown, who have remained in the shadows for too long.

At the same time, a new exhibition has opened inside the building – Quatre vies en résistance (Four lives in resistance) explores what ‘resistance’ means in the present day through the example of the four people whose remains will be transferred to the Pantheon in May – Germaine Tillion, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Pierre Brossolette and Jean Zay.

If you’re staying at the Hôtel des Grands Hommes or the Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon, both are on your doorstep!

Here’s all the information.

Strangely, although women played an important role in the resistance (keeping people hidden, organising information networks, printing clandestine flyers and newspapers, preparing bombs…) they have only received 10% of the medals given out for this crucial work. Femmes et Résistance hopes to show their incredible importance during the war.

French speakers who can’t get to the Pantheon can check out the texts for the exhibition by clicking the image below.

The second exhibition Quatre vies en résistance is now showing inside the building. With a very modern approach, it’s 50% interactive, with screens on-site and activity on the web, with a timeline that will be revealed as time goes on.
There’s also a free app for iPhone and Android.

And you might like to know that entrance to the Pantheon will be free after the inhumation ceremony on 28th May, from 2.30pm until 31st May.

The exhibition Femmes et Résistance is on the railings of the Pantheon (here) from 6th June – 6th July 2015

The exhibition Quatre vies en résistance is inside the Pantheon (here) until 10th January 2016

Open every day from 10am – 6.30pm (7pm from 1st October onwards). Last ticket 45 minutes before closing

Warning: the Pantheon will be closed from 22nd-28th May. Reopens 28th May at 2.30pm

Admission: 7.50€ / 6€ / free from 28th May 2.30pm until 31st May