Museum Recommendations?

[Mild_Turkey]

Hi all,

I'll be doing some solo travel through Europe before I start grad school. I'll be passing through Belgium, Netherlands, and northern Germany before making my way to a friends house in Saxony.

Can anyone recommend me their favorite museums for imperial militaria? Perhaps one of the smaller ones that folks won't normally think of.

I know of the army museum in Brussels and the imperial museum in Rastatt, but aside from those my schedule is wide open.

Thank you

 

[Khukri]

Hi all,

I'll be doing some solo travel through Europe before I start grad school. I'll be passing through Belgium, Netherlands, and northern Germany before making my way to a friends house in Saxony.

Can anyone recommend me their favorite museums for imperial militaria? Perhaps one of the smaller ones that folks won't normally think of.

I know of the army museum in Brussels and the imperial museum in Rastatt, but aside from those my schedule is wide open.

Thank you

-In the North-east of Belgium: in Halen: "Museum Slag der Zilveren Helmen". Battlefield Museum 12th August 1914. "Battle of the Silver Helmets".
France:
-Ardennes: Novion-Porcien-Muséé de la Paix. The three wars. 1870-
1871; 1914-1918 and 1940-1945
-Champagne: Fort de la Pompelle.
-Lorraine: Gravelotte and the small but nice museum at Woerth: Museum of the Battle of 6. August 1870
...and...cross the French-German border to the Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt.
-And...please do not miss Bayerisches Armee Museum Ingolstadt. Just North of München..

 

[Steve Nick]

! quite enjoyed the Bavarian Army Museum in Inglostadt.

 

[stuka f]

Huis Doorn in the Netherlands.

 

[michiel]

The musea in the region of ieper , peronne, arras, and verdun are fantastic
I very much like the musea in novion porcien ( Ardennes) and meaux (north of Paris)

 

[michiel]

But as you already said: army museum in Brussel
( army musea in Paris and Vienna are also very worthwhile visiting, so if you are touring Europe, by train Brussel Paris is less than two hours

 

[michiel]

Apart from army museums, if you are touring through Europe coming from the states visiting Paris is very much recommended as it is really close to Belgium by speed train or car

 

[southsando]

I will give another vote to Ingolstadt and since you will be in Saxony, try to go to the Dresden Military History Museum.

 

[southsando]

And if you can manage to get a tour: Schloss Vornholz. It is near Münster.

 

[coert65]

The musea in the region of ieper , peronne, arras, and verdun are fantastic
I very much like the musea in novion porcien ( Ardennes) and meaux (north of Paris)

Indeed, in Ieper visit the In Flanders Field museum, in Zonnebeke the Memorial Museum Passchendaele1917 ,in the little hamlet of Hooghe, the Hooge Crater museum, there are so many other nice museums to visit, as others before me have added.

 

[cptbob]

Apart from army museums, if you are touring through Europe coming from the states visiting Paris is very much recommended as it is really close to Belgium by speed train or car

The Invalides in Paris has an awesome army museum in addition to Napoleon’s tomb