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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 ...

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 ...

02.03 - Lezing: T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt in Jordan

02.03 - In Flanders Fields Museum en de School of History and Gateways Partnership, University of Kent, presenteren in samenwerking met de Western Front Association een nieuwe reeks voordrachten over de ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/02

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 3 February 2023. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.    

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 06/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 6 January 2023. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  ;  

Diksmuide: Armistice - 11/11

Armistice was also remembered at Diksmuide on Friday 11 November 2022. Please find below some pictures of the different ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 02/12

Ploegsteert - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 2 December 2022. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

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 ...

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 ...

Eggewaartskapelle: Armistice - 13/11

Please find below a number of pictures of Remembrance Day on Sunday 13 November 2022 with ceremonies at Eggewaartskapelle and Veurne. Service in the church of Eggewaartskapelle. Laying of wreaths at the war graves at the back of the church. And then the delegations went to Veurne where ...

Ieper: Herdenking van de soldaten uit India / Commemorating the soldiers form India (Frank Mahieu) - 12/11

Annual ceremony, the day after Armistice Day, commemorating the fallen soldiers from India at the memorial at the ramparts near Menin Gate, Ypres. We Will Remember Them. Jaarlijkse herdenking de dag na Wapenstilstand-dag, van de gesenuevelde soldaten van India bij het monument opde vestingen te Ieper nabij de Menepoort. We blijven hen ...

Facebook livestream special Last Post op ANZAC Day

Traditionally on 25th April, the day of the landing in Gallipoli, the Australian and New Zealand communities remember the fallen of their countries during the Great War. The special Last Post for ANZAC Day will again be organised on Sunday 25 April 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium. The Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors will lay a wreath together with the ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/11

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 4 November 2022. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...
News
  • 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
  • Cancellation Anzac Day commemoration in ZonnebekeCancellation Anzac Day commemoration in Zonnebeke
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  • Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/02
  • Ploegsteert: Last Post - 06/01
  • Ploegsteert: Last Post - 02/12
  • Eggewaartskapelle: Armistice - 13/11
  • Ieper: Herdenking van de soldaten uit India / Commemorating the soldiers form India (Frank Mahieu) - 12/11
  • Passendale: Armistice at Tyne Cot - 11/11
  • Diksmuide: Armistice - 11/11
  • Ieper: Ceremony Saint-Charles de Potyze - 11/11Ieper: Ceremony Saint-Charles de Potyze - 11/11
  • Passendale: Passchendaele Ceremony with torch parade - 10/11
  • Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/11
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