![]() ![]() Collection Two: Local history documentation and archives for Zonnebeke.įor opening hours and location see the page on the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 website below:Įmail: Research Centre Passchendaele Archives Database.Collection One: archive material relating to the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 including books, photos, documents.The archives include two important collections relating to the history Since 2014 the museum has a new research centre. Zonnebeke church seen from the grounds and lake at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. Life-like reconstruction has been built in the Memorial Museum Passchendaele All dugoutsĪre located within a radius of about a mile from the museum, ZonnebekeĬhurch dugout being in the grounds of the Zonnebeke chateau itself.īecause these dugouts are generally not accessible for the public, a No more than 400 metres from Tyne Cot Cemetery (Passendale). The ground while she was washing the windows. Took place on 21 February when a farmer’s wife disappeared into The dugout is marked in an archaeological garden. During the archaeological excavations of the Augustinian abbeyĪ second dugout was discovered under Zonnebeke church. The dugout, called Bremen Redoubt, was open to the public In 1983 a dugout was discovered at the rear of the Tercaīrickworks. Zonnebeke and its five villages have the biggest concentration of undergroundĬonstructions. The most authentic relics of the Great War in Flanders. Eighty years on,Īlthough some are flooded, they are still in good condition and are now Underground constructions were closed up and forgotten. ![]() After the war, when the battlefields were clearedĪnd the fields were levelled during the 1920s, the entrances to these March 1918 there were more men living underground than there are inhabitants These dugouts were built toĪccommodate from 50 to 2,000 men (such as at Wieltje and Hill 63). In January 1918 25,000 British tunnellers and 50,000 attached infantryīuilt almost 200 independent constructions. Were moved into the northern sector of the Ypres Salient to construct underground shelters and dugouts. The Salient preparing for the Battle of Messines from 7 June 1917, Specialist Tunnelling Companies, which had been working in the south of There was, however, very little surviving natural shelter to protect them fromĮnemy artillery or air observation in the form of woods, farms and buildings. Having gradually taken German territoryĪnd finally reached the higher ground on the Passchendaele ridge in November 1917 the British ArmyĮstablished a new line. The Third Battle of Ypres (31 July - 10 November 1917) smashed the Third Battle of Ypres (The Battle of Passchendaele)īunk beds in one of the accommodation rooms in the replica dugouts. Outside the museum there is an impressive replica network of trenches constructed during 2013. The museum galleries start on on the secondįloor. Houses the museum reception, tourist information, shop and temporary exhibitions. The replica dugout rooms are located in the cellars, the first floor A valuable collection has been built up which can be consideredĪs the biggest public collection of the First World War in West Flanders.įor the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 the interior of Zonnebeke Château was adapted with respect for Refurbished and extended from the museum formerly known as the Streekmuseum, which was located on the secondįloor of Zonnebeke chateau from 1989 until 2002. The Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 was opened in Zonnebeke Chateau on ANZAC Day 25 April 2004. Some of the many artefacts on display at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. ![]()
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