Museums on the Somme, France
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Thiepval Visitor Centre
50.05256114362967
2.688131332397461
The Visitor Centre provides a place for the thousands of visitors to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing where the memorial is put in the context of the battlefield. In three languages - English, French and German - display panels provide an overview of the course of the Great War from 1914-1918.
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Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne
49.929175666339354
2.931903
Opened on 1st August 1992 this is an international museum of comparative history. All presentations are made in three languages - French, English and German — to show the experiences of the major participants in the First World War and the impact of this conflict on the 20th century. The museum displays show the visitor what life was like for the soldier in the front line trenches. The effect of the Great War on the civilian populations some of whom were forced to flee their homes is also an important part of the museum's exhibitions.
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Museum to the South African Forces, Delville Wood, Longueval
50.02739657658006
2.8125107288360596
Delville Wood museum is part of a complex at Delville Wood and is reached by walking through the Delville Wood memorial. The museum commemorates the sacrifice of 25,000 South African volunteers, who lost their lives in two world wars and in Korea. The museum was built as a replica of the five pointed star shaped Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. Inside the castle contains five zones, one of which commemorates the South Africans in Delville Wood with a fresco called 'The Sixth Day'.
Web site: delvillewood.com
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Newfoundland Park Visitor Centre, Beaumont Hamel
50.072245353586474
2.6484882831573486
The Visitors' Centre is part of Newfoundland Park near Beaumont Hamel. The displays within the Centre focus on the historical and social situation of Newfoundland at the start of the 20th century. It covers the history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment from when it was formed in 1914 to the end of the First World War. There is a Memorial Room in the Centre with a copy of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. A number of personalities who served with the Regiment are portrayed along with other memorabilia and short video clips.
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Le P'tit Train de la Haute Somme, Froissy
49.92341528699047
2.7311861515045166
This narrow guage railway museum has a collection of about 20 locomotives and 25 wagons together with information on the use of the railway during WW1. Tickets can also be purchased here to ride on the last remaining section of the large military narrow guage network built during WW1 in preparation to supply the trenches with ammunition in the Somme offensive of 1916.
Web site: appeva.club.fr
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Musée Somme 1916, Albert
50.00385981878213
2.6483649015426636
In tunnels 10 metres underground and 250 metres long this museum reconstructs realistic scenes from the lives of soldiers on the Somme battlefields.
The museum is in four languages (French, English, German and Dutch).
Rue Anicet Godin, 80300 ALBERT
Web site: www.musee-somme-1916.eu