History museums in Ypres

The In Flanders Fields Museum is housed in the Cloth Hall of Ypres. The museum is dedicated to the First World War and focuses on the personal stories in the larger story of the conflict that partly determined world history. The permanent exhibition highlights the leading up to the war, the invasion

War Museum Hooge Crater displays the collections of two collectors of World War I war materials. The collection includes the very extensive weaponry from the 1914-1918 war, as well as the uniforms and equipment of all armies.

The Yper Museum sits in a wing of the Cloth Halls, Europe's largest civic complex in neo-Gothic style. The Yper Museum brings you eleven centuries of Ypres and the Westhoek. You will discover a unique collection of badges, maps, archaeological finds, coins, lace and handicrafts and so much more. Chi

Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 is dedicated to the history of Hill 62, the hill where fighting took place during World War I. In 1916, the front line was established there, with trenches and casemates. The museum's collection includes war artifacts and photographs and 3-D images. In Sanctuary Wood, v

The Hotel-Museum Merghelynck is housed in a hotel built in 1774. In 1894, Arthur Merghelynck opened his private museum here on the lifestyle of the nobility in the 18th century. Among other things, the museum displays French-style furniture, paintings, silverware and a collection of Chinese and Japa

The Stedelijk Onderwijsmuseum is housed in the former St. Nicholas Church and is dedicated to education in Flanders. The museum illustrates the evolution of education, from medieval times to the present. Important in the museum is the reconstruction of two classrooms of 1700 and 1930. And in a ‘do-c