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# Versailles closed to visitors and its masterpieces were moved to Chambord in August 1939
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/25-avgusta-1939-goda-na-vorotakh-versalia-poiavilas-tablichka-muzei-zakryt/
- Published: 2022-08-29T19:50:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:29.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Monarchies, Museums, Heritage, Society, Paris

On 25 August 1939 a notice reading "Museum Closed" appeared on the gates of Versailles. On 29 August the removal of masterpieces from the palace to the Château de Chambord began. On 3 September France declared war on Germany