- Price: 85 euro per group for a visit during the week (95 euro on weekends) + 3 euro per student
- Conditions: reservation required no later than 3 weeks before the chosen date
- Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students
Tell me, what is propaganda (only available in French)
What is propaganda, how and on whom does it affect, what is its purpose and how far can it lead? All these questions will be addressed in a fun and visual way through the activities offered in our “interwar” and “Second World War” sections.
Tips for further use will be given to the teacher at the end of the animation to allow him/her to continue the reflection in class.
Duration: 1h30
Audience: 10-14 years old
Once upon a time, the Great War
The 14-18 war told interactively by means of puzzles, period photos, objects to discover in the showcases.
Duration: 1h30
Audience: 8-12 years old
Operation Profiling (temporarily unavailable)
A murder has been committed at the museum! The inspector needs help to solve the mystery: he must check the suspects’ alibis, follow the clues and traces left in the collections and unmask the culprit.
Duration: 1h30
Audience: 11-15 years old (with a maximum of one group per time slot)
Children during the War
Living from day to day in times of war... Not easy for adults! Children are also affected by the restrictions imposed by the occupier. The school is under surveillance, the contents of the supper plate change, the toys go to war. Children will discover the daily life of their peers during the interwar period and the Second World War.
Duration: 1h30
Audience: 8-12 years old (with a maximum of one group per time slot)
On the Wings of the Wind (temporarily unavailable)
Children will trace the history of aviation in a fun way using puzzles and manipulations.
Duration: 1h30
Audience: 8-14 years old
Archives close up (only available in French)
During this workshop, students from the upper level of secondary education will discover some illustrious characters haunting the museum. Thanks to facsimiles of archives kept at the museum, they will investigate the career of their character, discover parts of Belgian history, reveal a few secrets... Once their research completed, they will present the life of their illustrious stranger to their classmates through a short sketch.
Duration: 2 hours
Public: from 16 years old (with a maximum of one group per time slot)
Dangerous propaganda
Based on the collections of the permanent exhibition “War, Occupation, Liberation”, the workshop makes teenagers aware of the media and mechanisms used by propaganda during the Second World War. As the workshop progresses, participants will understand how propaganda persuades, manipulates and incites people to commit extreme acts. The international aspect of the propaganda is also highlighted. This workshop can serve as a starting point for reflection in class on current propaganda and its dangers.
Duration: 2h
Public: from 16 years old (with a maximum of one group per time slot)