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The Passchendaele Museum reopend its doors from 1 February 2023

After a two-month closure, visitors can experience the story of The First World War and the Battle of Passchendaele again at the Passchendaele Museum from 1 February 2023. Numerous activities are planned to make it a good year. There will be a new temporary exhibition and accompanying walk in the Zonnebeke castle grounds, various lectures, a book launch and the annual ...

Exhibition on the First World War in the Middle East in the IFFM

In Flanders Fields Museum opens unique exhibition on the First World War in the Middle East and thus transcends the borders of the Western Front   Besides in Europe, war also broke out in the Middle East in 1914. This region was largely dominated by the Ottoman Empire, which sided with Germany and therefore belonged to the losing side in 1918. The Ottoman Empire fell apart and the ...

Ieper: Witnesses in the Landscape: Their name liveth for evermore… - 29/04

On Saturday 29 April 2023 the inauguration of the project 'Witnesses in the landscape' took place in the info-centre of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in the Menenstraat in Ieper ...

Zillebeke: Rededication 2nd Lt. W.W. Hutton (Frank. Mahieu) - 24/05

Today, May 24th 2023? a rededication service was held for the recently identified 2nd Lt. W.W. Hutton at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Zilllebeke, Ypres. 2nd Lt. William Wallac Hutton served the Royal Flying Corps of the time. He was born on 13 Sept. 1894 and was killed on Oct. 28, 1917 aged 23.  With his Handley Page bomber squadron a bombing raid was performed ...  

Zillebeke: Monument for the 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry (48th Highlanders) and Lt.Col. William Marshall DSO - 19/05

On Friday 19 May 2023 the official inauguration took place of the new monument for the 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry (48th Highlanders) and Lt.Col. William Marshall DSO. The monument is situated in the Zwarteleenstraat near Hill 60 at Zillebeke. The Field Marshalls Haig’s Own Pipes & Drums participated in the ...  

Kemmel: Commemoration of the battle of Kemmel - 28/04

Please find below some pictures of the 105th anniversary of the battle of Kemmel in 1918. The ceremony took place at the French cemetery Mount Kemmel on Friday 28 April 2023. On this place ...

Zillebeke: Burial Private Robert Malcolm - 10/05

Zillebeke - More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a 23 year-old stretcher bearer from Stockton-on-Tees, has finally been laid to rest with full military honours and his war medals presented to his family. The burial service, organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’, was held at ...

Ypres Peace Classes  launches brand new programme for primary schools

Ypres Peace Classes is a brand new multi-day programme tailored to primary school classes (10-12 years old). Pupils are accompanied for two or more days by an educational guide on the theme of peace.   The programme offers a good mix of museum visits and active exploration of the landscape. In the evening the Last Post can be attended and the pupils can stay overnight in a quality group ...

In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper: Programme 2022

On Friday 11 February 2022, the In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper presented its annual programme 2022 to the press. Special attention went to the opening of the exhibition 'Missing at the Front. Unearthing Names'.       This exhibition illustrates how archaeology gives missing soldiers back their identity. Furthermore, the large, thematic exhibition 'For ...

Zillebeke: Opening exhibition The Front Eye - 09/05

The place where the Hooge Crater museum in Zillebeke is located today, right on the front line, was immensely important during the four-year World War. This was 'the hottest place on earth' from October 1914 to September 1918 for a reason. The devastating mine blast of 19/07/1915 was later symbolically translated into a big white circle at Hooge Crater Cemetery that you really grasp ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 05/05

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 5 May 2023. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

Passchendaele Museum doors open again from 1 February

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will open its doors again from 1 February after the annual closing period. New this year is the temporary exhibition 'Here dead we lie' by the University of Kent and the exhibition around a unique loan. Temporary photography exhibition in combination with poetry and objects In cooperation with the University of Kent, the museum will ...

Ploegsteert: ANZAC Day Toronto Avenue Cemetery - 25/04

Please find below some pictures of the ceremony organised at Toronto Avenue Cemetery at Ploegsteert at the occasion of ANZAC Day 25 April ...
News
  • The Passchendaele Museum reopend its doors from 1 February 2023
  • Exhibition on the First World War in the Middle East in the IFFM
  • Ypres Peace Classes  launches brand new programme for primary schools
  • In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper: Programme 2022
  • Passchendaele Museum doors open again from 1 February
  • Facebook livestream special Last Post op ANZAC Day
  • Innovations in the permanent exhibition of the IFFM
  • 354,000 euros for the restoration of Commonwealth war cemeteries354,000 euros for the restoration of Commonwealth war cemeteries
  • From 1 July: (limited) public attendance resumes at the Last Post ceremonyFrom 1 July: (limited) public attendance resumes at the Last Post ceremony
  • Cancellation of Anzac Day 2020 servicesCancellation of Anzac Day 2020 services
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  • Zillebeke: Rededication 2nd Lt. W.W. Hutton (Frank. Mahieu) - 24/05
  • Zillebeke: Monument for the 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry (48th Highlanders) and Lt.Col. William Marshall DSO - 19/05
  • Zillebeke: Burial Private Robert Malcolm - 10/05
  • Zillebeke: Opening exhibition The Front Eye - 09/05
  • Ploegsteert: Last Post - 05/05
  • Ieper: Witnesses in the Landscape: Their name liveth for evermore… - 29/04
  • Kemmel: Commemoration of the battle of Kemmel - 28/04
  • Kemmel: Unveiling commemorative plaque obelisk 32nd French Division - 28/04
  • Ieper: ANZAC Day - 25/04
  • Ploegsteert: ANZAC Day Toronto Avenue Cemetery - 25/04
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