In Flanders Fields Museum

Om museet

The In Flanders Fields Museum tells the story of the First World War in Belgium, the Westhoek and around Ypres. Its motto is “sharing history”: a land where war has raged does not easily let go of it. In Belgium more than 600,000 people died, more than 550,000 of them in the Westhoek. The museum sees telling this story as a universal and contemporary message of peace.

It is housed in the rebuilt Cloth Hall on the Grote Markt, a symbol of wartime suffering and rebirth. On arrival, each visitor receives a wristband with which they choose which witness of the war to meet; interactive presentations appear in your own language. The permanent exhibition shows hundreds of objects and images, lets characters tell their own stories, and pays attention to the dead, the landscape, war art and the culture of remembrance.

After climbing 231 extra steps, you can look out from the restored Belfry over the city and the surrounding battlefields. The museum is part of Musea Ieper, the museums of the City of Ypres, and also has a research centre and a collection that it manages itself.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition on the First World War in Belgium and around Ypres
• Wristband that lets you meet personal witnesses of the war
• View from the Belfry over the city and battlefields (via 231 extra steps)
• Audio guide with its own route for children
• Museum café and museum shop in the Cloth Hall

Permanent udstilling

• Permanente tentoonstelling over de Eerste Wereldoorlog – Drawing on the museum's collection, the exhibition tells the history of the war in Belgium, the Westhoek and Ypres, with objects, images and personal stories.

Grundlagt

1998

Ejer

Stad Ieper (Musea Ieper)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free for Ypres residents, Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum and holders of the museumPASSmusées. Children and young people up to and including 25 years old, and their companion, receive €2 off with the EU Disability Card. Payment is possible in cash, by debit card, and with My Edenred and Pluxee.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Wheelchair users register at the entrance and are guided to the lift. Two wheelchairs are available at the desk and can be reserved in advance. There are benches in the museum hall and accessible sanitary facilities. The Belfry tower is only reachable by stairs. For Dutch-speaking visitors with a visual impairment a Braille guide is available, and there is a workshop for blind and partially sighted visitors; all film clips have subtitles. The museum also offers a visual step-by-step plan for people with autism.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Barnevognsvenlig

With the audio guide you can choose the children's route, a continuous story over 18 stops. The writing and sticker booklet featuring twelve-year-old Dre guides children through the exhibition. The combi ticket with the Yper Museum is valid for three days, which makes it suitable for a family visit.

Transport & parkering

Cycle junction node 89.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe

The museum café (www.museumcafe-ieper.be) serves coffee, regional beer and cakes; in fine weather you can sit in the courtyard of the Cloth Hall, which also has a free picnic area. The museum shop sells publications on the First World War, maps and souvenirs. Lockers work with a coin.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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