historial de la grande guerre

We enjoyed the hour we spent at the museum. One of our favorite things was a page from a newspaper or magazine that showed the major country players as dogs. In English at the bottom, it gave a very good description of why each country was each dog, and their relationships. Very small print - bring reading glasses (my husband did not - I had to read it out loud to him). They had an interesting way of displaying the uniforms - in boxes on the ground, not on manikins like other museums I've visited. I thought it was a little odd (like looking at them in a grave), but my husband really liked them displayed that way. The museum is interesting and definitely worth a visit.

Beautifully organized museum with imaginative and wonderful exhibits. The collection of uniforms, vehicles, and the special exhibit on music of the times made this museum one of the best have ever visited (several). Educational....you don't have to go in as an expert in WW 1 to understand and appreciate the expertise of the curators and the magnificent exhibits. You. Just go.

This museum has so much to interest so many! It's set over a vast area and takes a long while to look around which is a great thing! There are so many artefacts to look at and a lot of information which isn't overwhelming but highly informative! The way these artefacts are laid out also makes it easier to see, with many being laid out on sunken displays in the floor. There is also a huge amount of art and, as an art lover, spent ages wandering around looking at all the amazing war art placed around the building. This is a museum I would have spent a lot longer in had I not been on the time constraints of a battlefield tour. A definite must for anyone with an interest in the First World War, I will definitely go back!

Set in a 250m long tunnel next to the church it is a must when in this area. Having film footage in French and English plus lots of military items dug up from surrounding areas.

Very modern layout to the museum with lots of visual aids to understand the progress of the first world war. The free audio guides added to the experience.

As with the other commenters I could of spent hours here but we were limited on time and most annoyingly the staff are very keen to get away even if people are still in the shop looking at things to buy. Cafe staff are the same and seem to be annoyed that people wanted drinks at 445 pm. Not very good staff. Hence their was a few books I wanted so bought them on line instead of from the shop.Very good displays showing three shelves of French German and British artifacts. Some shelves are packed with ammunition deactivated found in surrounding fields.Apart from poor staff the place is well worth a few hours to tour round.

I could have spent hours here (but for my poor family!). The exhibits do make you aware of more aspects about the western front than you will have read in books. I particularly enjoyed the screens showing film from the time, the propaganda and the pile of rusty WWI artefacts (that are still being found). It's thought provoking and extremely interesting. It cost 20E for a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children)

Five rooms, a 20 minute film, and a shop/cafe all set in a modified and extended castle. Without giving too much away, rooms are arranged chronologically, and in three tiers comparing German, French and UK life and events leading up, during and at the end of WW1. I found the horizontally arranged, exhibits which were embedded into the floor to be innovative. Some very macabre prints of Otto Dix' work. Careful not to trip the alarms, by getting too close to the exhibits, or by forgetting to turn the camera flash off (as I did - sorry!).

Worth spending the time to have a look around and see the history before a visit to the battlefield. Visit the Tourist Information Centre opposite for detailed maps of the area

A fantastic museum with an extraordinary extra exhibition describing the "sounds and silence during the war. Musical Instrument build by soldiers at the Front.If you are really interested in how the soldiers lived, there equipment and so - visit this museum on your way to Yprés or Amiens (Somme). The museum also have an café and a small shop with lots of books. While havering a coffee or the you can sit outside and watch the nice park and pond.

Set in an old fortress this museum has a very modern feel. Good layout but several of us felt the uniforms layed out in a recess in the floor made us think of graves. Lots of WW1 items, films in French. Cafe and shop not crowded.

Really good displays, took us over 2 hours to get round.War artefacts and interesting items at every turn.One display had war items on open display. You couldn't touch them but they were not behind glass, so it was as close as you could get to historical items.We really found it absorbing and emotional

Lots to see, entrance fee is reasonable, the museum is placed in a good area for parking and grabbing a snack when you have finished, tour last 1-2 hours

Nicely done modern muesum in the town's 'medieval' castle. The innovative way the uniforms are laid into recesses in the floor is very clever as you can walk all round the exhibits without coming up against an obstructive pane of glass. Similarly, the display of guns laid out in a recess was interesting. We found the piles of rusty helmets, bullets, even combs etc. that you can get close up to (without touching) fascinating. There is a half hour film in English about the Somme which we can recommend. Well worth a visit for a couple of hours.

A relatively small but impressive museum where the artefacts are allowed to speak for themselves. I liked the spaciousness of the rooms, without objects crammed together which unfortunately makes things difficult to see in the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres. The displays of uniforms and kit I found particularly fascinating, but there are many other items of all descriptions. There is a short but quite interesting video presentation. Well worth a couple of hours at least.