The Château de Malmaison in Rueil-Malmaison was bought by Joséphine de Beauharnais as a manor house in April 1799. The article names no architect for the original building. Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine designed the decoration, including the 1800 library, and Pierre Humbert fully restored it in the early 20th century. The article gives no build dates.
The infobox lists Renaissance and Empire styles. The article mentions mahogany furniture by the Jacob-Desmalter brothers and murals by Louis Lafitte. The original estate covered nearly 150 acres, but by 1896 the park had shrunk to 6 hectares.
It housed the government from 1800 to 1802 and was Napoleon's last French residence in 1815. Maria Christina bought it in 1842 and Napoleon III in 1861, and it served as barracks. It was donated to the state in 1903, and the museum opened in 1905. It is a public Napoleonic national museum. The article gives no hours.
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