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Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917

MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917 (the former Streekmuseum) -

The new museum is built around a series of 17 largely reconstructed episodes of the battle, historically made with the original equipment, uniforms etc. Visitors will walk in a German trench and descend through a long stairs in a WWI dugout, complete with headquarters, communication posts, dressing station etc. 

It will be a military museum with a high sense for experience that will fascinate people from all ages. Visits will take about an hour and guides are not essential.  Price for ALL groups: € 3,00 – individuals € 5,00

BATTLEFIELD TOUR PASSCHENDAELE 1917 -

A special designed guided excursion to the battlefields of Passchendaele 1917. In about three hours we do a fully commented coach tour, passing Zonnebeke, Polygon Wood, Clapham Junction, Menin Road, Gheluvelt, Broodseinde and Passchendaele in order to see all aspects of the most horrible battle of the First World War. The tour includes three visits:
- Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 (starting point)
- Cryer Farm, underground German dressing station (recently discovered and only to be visited in this tour as it is on private land)
- Tyne Cot Cemetery
The price of the guided tour is € 7,00 p.p. 

GERMAN TRENCHES BAYERNWALD -

Thanks to a collaboration with the Association for Battlefield Archaeology in Flanders, we can also arrange a FREE visit to a recently restored German trench-system in Wytschaete, including 300 metres of trenches, four concrete bunkers, a mortar post and a 100 feet deep mineshaft. This is a real experience for visitors as they can walk through the trenches, discovering the bunkers etc., similar to Hill 62, but German and authentically rebuilt on archaeological traces and with educational plates and reception room. There is no entrance fee, but a guide is advisable to describe in detail what you see and how men survived in these circumstances. A qualified guide costs about € 20 euro / hour.

Passchendaele Museum

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