- Duration: 1h30
- Price: 70 euro per group for a visit during the week (80 euro on weekends) + 3 euro per student
- Conditions: reservation required no later than 3 weeks before the chosen date
General visit
The Museum has more than 100,000 collection pieces. Impossible to go around in an hour and a half. This guided tour will give you an overview of our riches and why not make it more attractive by choosing a common thread (the color, the uniform, the animals, etc.)?
Group size: no groups in excess of 25 students
Belgium in the 19th century
The 19th century saw the birth of our country, the reigns of Leopold I and his son Leopold II. This room also allows you to discover the equipment of the Belgian army at the time when camouflage did not yet exist.
Group size: no groups in excess of 25 students
Arms and Armour
There is nothing like a visit to our hall to illustrate the military aspect: from the equipment of the knight to the appearance of firearms, through leisure activities (jousting, parade, hunting).
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students
First World War
Life in the trenches, soldier's equipment, armament, new technologies, camouflage, the situation in occupied Belgium, the global aspect of the conflict, ... so many themes that can be addressed in this room.
Group size: no groups in excess of 25 students
Aviation
A walk through time, from lighter than air to current machines, passing through the fragile first planes and the cabins of the Second World War.
Group size: no groups in excess of 25 students
Interwar period
The section devoted to the period from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second is an essential space for understanding the processes that lead to the outbreak of a new conflict.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students
Belgium occupied during World War II
The daily life of Belgians during the Second World War: life under occupation, resistance, collaboration, repression and finally the liberation of the country in September 1944.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students
The Belgians in the war
Outside of occupied Belgium, Belgian soldiers continued the war alongside the Allies and contributed to victory. Some, on the other hand, chose to fight with the Germans.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
Women during the war
Fighters, resistance fighters, followers of the New Order, deportees, mothers of families, women lived the war in their flesh and soul.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
1939-1945: a “world” war
The five continents were involved in the war, on their lands or through their combatants.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
The key moments of the Second World War
The Battle of Britain, El-Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, the Ardennes offensive, the battle for Berlin, the atomic bomb are pivotal moments in the course of the conflict.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
Propaganda in World War II
War is not fought and won only on the battlefield. Minds must be mobilized so that all human and material resources are devoted to war.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
The Second World War: Terror, Persecution and Genocide
Simple citizens, political opponents or racial enemies, all suffered terror and persecution.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
The Second World War through the techniques and tactics of war
The different theaters of operation (air, sea, desert, etc.), climatic conditions, technological developments (radar, encryption, flying bombs, etc.) have made the art of war evolve. .
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
The civilian population put to the test of the Second World War
Sent on the roads of exodus, torn apart by wars of occupation, terrorized by bombardments, pursued by persecutions, liberated by victory, the population has paid a heavy price for the war.
Group size: no groups in excess of 15 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)
Museology at the Army Museum (only available in French)
Installed on the Cinquantenaire site since 1923, our collections reflect the museological vision over a century: from the tapestry hanging in the historic room to the touch screens in the rooms dedicated to the Second World War.
Group size: no groups in excess of 25 students (with a maximum of two groups per time slot)