Monument
Menin Gate
Ypres, Belgium
A memorial arch with the names of thousands of missing Commonwealth soldiers.
Museum · Belgium · Flanders
In Flanders Fields Museum
A museum in the rebuilt Cloth Hall telling the story of the First World War in Flanders.
Paid entry about 2 h
For storytellers
Why In Flanders Fields Museum matters
Housed in the rebuilt Cloth Hall, the museum tells the story of the First World War through personal stories, objects and film. You receive a bracelet that links you to a person in the story. It's moving and well told.
Talking points
- It's in the rebuilt Cloth Hall.
- Visitors follow real people through the war.
- The tower offers a view.
Free to read aloud or adapt in your video. Check facts that matter to you against an official source before you publish.
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Historic site · UNESCO
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Ypres, Belgium
The largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world, in the former Passchendaele battlefield.
Also nearby
Within about 40 km, closest first.