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Tyne Cot Cemetery Bezoekerscentrum

Free visitor centre at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passendale, with information about the cemetery and the Battle of Passendale and a panoramic view of the battlefield.

ÅbningstiderGratis entré Kørestolsvenlig

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Om museet

Tyne Cot Cemetery was originally a fortified German position on the first line of defence in Flanders. In October 1917 Australian troops set up a medical aid post there, which grew into a small cemetery with 340 graves for soldiers who died there of their wounds. Between 1919 and 1921 British Exhumation Companies brought some 12,000 fallen soldiers from the surrounding battlefield to the cemetery; only 3,800 could be identified. The architect Sir Herbert Baker designed the cemetery, which was inaugurated in 1927.

With 11,956 graves it is one of the largest Commonwealth war cemeteries in the world. On the wall behind the cemetery are the names of 35,000 soldiers with no known grave, who died after 16 August 1917. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission manages the cemetery. In 2023 it was included, together with other cemeteries and monuments on the Western Front in Flanders, on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The free visitor centre was inaugurated in 2007 by the British Queen Elizabeth II and the then Belgian Queen Paola. It is run by the team of the Passchendaele Museum. There you will find a great deal of information about the cemetery and the fallen of Passendale, the landscape before and after the battle, and personal stories of soldiers, plus a panoramic view of the battlefields of 1917. The artwork Passchendaele, Mud and Memory by Professor Steve Dixon was made from local clay from Zonnebeke.

Højdepunkter

Information about Tyne Cot Cemetery and the Battle of Passendale
Panoramic view of the battlefields of 1917
Personal stories of fallen soldiers
Artwork Passchendaele, Mud and Memory
Free admission, run by the Passchendaele Museum
Cemetery on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Permanent udstilling

Bezoekerscentrum Tyne Cot Cemetery – Information about the history of the cemetery and the fallen of Passendale, with a panoramic view of the battlefields of 1917.

Grundlagt: 2007
Ejer: Passchendaele Museum (Zonnebeke)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Both the visitor centre and the cemetery are free to access.

Tilgængelighed

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

The Zonnebeke tourism portal states that the site is accessible to people with reduced mobility and mentions a toilet.

Børn og familie

Besøgets varighed	ca. 60 min.

Transport & parkering

I bil

Gratis parkering

There is free parking for visitors.

Address: Vijfwegestraat 4, 8980 Passendale.

Planlæg rute

Service & spisesteder

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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Planlæg dit besøg

Rundvisninger	ja
Godt at vide	You can visit the site with a guide; groups can combine a visit with the Passchendaele Museum via the reservations team. A 3 km walking route connects the Passchendaele Museum with Tyne Cot.