New temporary exhibition 'Echoes of War'

New temporary exhibition 'Echoes of War'

In 2023 and 2024, LANDSCAPES | Feel Flanders Fields is the new theme for tourism centred on the First World War. Tourism Flanders and Westtoer are working together with various partners in the Westhoek under that heading. Following on from the 2023 Reflection...
Lecture: Australia on the Western Front

Lecture: Australia on the Western Front

With the commemoration of ANZAC Day approaching, the Passchendaele Museum zooms in on Australian efforts on the Western Front . Australian troops played a leading role during the Battle of Passchendaele. In the autumn of 1917, they took Polygon Wood and...
Heritage Day

Heritage Day

What makes a house a (real) home? FARO (the Flemish support centre for cultural heritage) wants to find out what makes the ordinary so special, past and present, during "Heritage Day". The Passchendaele Museum is taking part and organizes a pop-up exhibition...
The Passchendaele Museum is celebrating!

The Passchendaele Museum is celebrating!

On 23 April, the Passchendaele Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary . And that deserves to be celebrated! That is why the museum is organising a festive celebration week from 22 April to 28 April. There is a lot on the programme: from a pop-up exhibition...
ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day

On 25 April, ANZAC Day will take place in Zonnebeke. On this day, Australia and New Zealand commemorate all residents who died during wars in general and World War I in particular. The municipality of Zonnebeke, the Passchendaele Museum and the Passchendaele...
Theatre walk 'The Way Back'

Theatre walk 'The Way Back'

At the end of the war, only destruction remained.   Not only had villages been destroyed, but also families.  The death of a father, son, brother or friend activated  the grieving survivors .   In the 1920s, thousands of them visited the Westhoek , l...
Archeology Days at Zonnebeke

Archeology Days at Zonnebeke

Archaeology captures the imagination of young and old alike. Excavations make us curious because they reveal something about our past: how did our ancestors live, what did they eat, what did their houses look like, ...? During the Archaeology Days,...