It is located in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises in the Haute-Marne department of northeastern France, 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Paris.

It has been a museum open to the public since 1980, and was owned by the General's only son, Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, until the latter's death in 2024.

He ended up living in the presidential palace but continued to spend a lot of time and every other weekend with his family in Colombey.

[2] Yvonne de Gaulle lived in La Boisserie until 1978, when she left it permanently for Paris, where she entered the retirement home of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.

[3] The house and its park, including the fence overlooking the street, are listed as historic monuments by a decree of September 6, 2004.