The Great War Centenary in Flanders

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1 The Great War Centenary in Flanders

2 Remembering A century old tradition official & grassroots A family history for millions A collective memory (over 50 contemporary nationalities fought in Flanders) An invitation to reflect on war / peace Art History Yesterday and today

3 Preparing for the Centenary Authentic sites made understandable quality upgrade of museums and visitor centers physical access to sites, information panels routes, apps that link the sites > 5 strategic projects in Flanders Fields region > many other investment projects in Flanders > financial contribution by all administration levels

4 Preparing for the Centenary Events to mark the Centenary Flanders Fields (front line) and Art Cities (occupied country) participative events exhibitions history arts concerts, musicals, theatre plays,

5 Preparing for the Centenary Inviting Domestic Belgium UK & Ireland Canada & USA Australia & New Zealand France, Germany, the Netherlands in a respectful way Tourism Plus, a many voiced remembrance tourism

6 Many Voiced Remembrance Tourism Respect for the fallen, the facts of history, the memorial landscape Responsible hosting quality experiences and information, visitor management, Accessibility by including all possible target groups

7 Many Voiced Remembrance Tourism A many-voiced remembrance practice: room for different views and traditions Deepening knowledge and insight Internationalisation WW I is a European/Worldwide collective memory A message of peace

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9 YPRES IN FLANDERS FIELDS MUSEUM 50% bigger, new scenography, new content New and bigger knowledge centre Belfry as connection with the region Belfort Succesfully reopend in June /11/ /06/2014 Exhibition War & Trauma together with Museum Guislain, Ghent 01/10/ /01/2015 Historic Exhibition The Battle of the Yser and the First Battle of Ypres Photography Exhibition Retrospective Maurice and Robert Antony /04/ /06/2015 Historical exhibition Second Battle of Ypres - Gas Attack In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres

10 YPRES IN THE AREA The Menin Gate The Last Post

11 YPRES IN THE AREA Crater landscape Hill 60 CWGC Cemeteries Bedford House Cemetery

12 ZONNEBEKE MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917 Renovation and extention Garden: trenches Parc with memorial gardens Succesfully reopend July 13, /08/ /12/2014 Exhibition The Old Contemptibles MMP /04/ /12/2015 Exhibition Decoding the Front 25/04/ /04/2015 ANZAC Day

13 ZONNEBEKE IN THE AREA Tyne Cot Cemetery Polygon Wood

14 POPERINGE BEHIND THE FRONT Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery visitor centre Death cells and execution place Talbot House - October 12, /09/2014 5/09/2015 L.69 _ The railway line from Poperinge to Hazebrouck 14/11/ /12/2014 Exhibition Dove-Mythologies in Talbot House /03/ /09/2015 Exhibition 'Illustrated by the War 04/ /2015 Musical production Lijssenthoek Terminus 24/04/ /09/2015 Artistic circuit and sound-and-light show Wind Dangerous 18/12/ /12/2015 Piano festival Lijssenthoek visitor centre

15 DIKSMUIDE YSER TOWER MUSEUM Belgian German story Reopening March 2014 Diksmuide Yser tower

16 WHAT HAPPENS IN ? DIKSMUIDE IN THE AREA Death trenches German Cemetery Vladslo

17 LANGEMARK GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark

18 NIEUWPOORT GANZENPOOT (GOOSE FOOT COMPLEX) Visitor centre opens in October 2014 Flooding Yser plain King Albert I Monument /10/2014 Light front 14 Goose Foot, Nieuwpoort Long running event Coming World/Remember me

19 GONE WEST cultural program Flanders Fields Common thread: war victims (military and civilian) on Belgian soil during WWI The Menin Gate, Ypres

20 GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS Sculptural project Coming World/Remember me Installation of sculptures Tribute to the victims who died in Belgium Workshops

21 GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS The Light Front /10/2014 8,750 torch-bearers Along the old front line of November 1914 From Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert The List of Names: projection on three symbolic towers

22 GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS th Last Post 9/07/2015 A tribute to the tribute event

23 THE NORTH SEA COAST FLANDERS FIELDS COUNTRY 1. In Flanders Fields Museum & Menin Gate 2. Hill Memorial Museum Passchendaele Tyne Cot Cemetery 5. Polygon Wood 6. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 7. Talbot House 8. Yser Tower Museum 9. Death Trenches 10. German Cemetery Vladslo 11. German Cemetery Langemark 12. Goose foot complex & King Albert I Monument

24 THE NORTH SEA COAST 12 IJzerfront Niemandsland TOURIST CAR ROUTES A. Ypres Salient B. IJzerfront C. Life at the Front D. Pionier E. Vrij Vaderland F. Niemandsland Vrij Vaderland Life at the Front Ypres Salient Pionier

25 TOURIST CAR ROUTES 14-18

26 FLANDERS & FLANDERS FIELDS

27 ANTWERP Refugees Art Exhibitions 2014 opening weekend 3-5/10 Pontons across the Scheldt Schelde 1914, Antwerpen 2014 exhibitions MAS: Help the Belgians Middelheim Fotomuseum -

28 LEUVEN and MARTYR CITIES University Library tower and exhibition from Jan Museum M: Ravage Art and culture in times of conflict University library, Leuven 2014 Leuven, Dendermonde, Aarschot: concert, sound & light spectacle, exhibitions about martyr cities

29 BRUSSELS Expo 14-18, It s Our History 1000 Voices for Peace And more

30 BRUGES City halls Historic exhibition Bruges occupied city (curator Sophie De Schaepdrijver) Fotography exhibition Carl De Keyzer en 9 other Magnum photographers co-curator David Van Reybroeck Bruges occupied

31 MECHELEN Vegetable museum St.-Katelijne-Waver Gardening during war time (Spring 2014) 2014 Mechelen war artists Exhibition in Lamot Musical Studio 100 Mechelen War Artists c Toerisme Mechelen

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