The Great War Centenary in Flanders
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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 2012 2014 01/11/2013 30/06/2014 Exhibition War & Trauma together with Museum Guislain, Ghent 01/10/2014 04/01/2015 Historic Exhibition The Battle of the Yser and the First Battle of Ypres Photography Exhibition Retrospective Maurice and Robert Antony 2015 15/04/2015 20/06/2015 Historical exhibition Second Battle of Ypres - Gas Attack In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres
YPRES IN THE AREA The Menin Gate The Last Post
YPRES IN THE AREA Crater landscape Hill 60 CWGC Cemeteries Bedford House Cemetery
ZONNEBEKE MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917 Renovation and extention Garden: trenches Parc with memorial gardens Succesfully reopend July 13, 2013 2014 15/08/2014 15/12/2014 Exhibition The Old Contemptibles MMP1917 2015 24/04/2015 15/12/2015 Exhibition Decoding the Front 25/04/2015 26/04/2015 ANZAC Day
ZONNEBEKE IN THE AREA Tyne Cot Cemetery Polygon Wood
POPERINGE BEHIND THE FRONT Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery visitor centre Death cells and execution place Talbot House - October 12, 2013 2014 6/09/2014 5/09/2015 L.69 _ The railway line from Poperinge to Hazebrouck 14/11/2014 31/12/2014 Exhibition Dove-Mythologies 2014-2018 in Talbot House 2015 28/03/2015 13/09/2015 Exhibition 'Illustrated by the War 04/2015 05/2015 Musical production Lijssenthoek Terminus 24/04/2015 30/09/2015 Artistic circuit and sound-and-light show Wind Dangerous 18/12/2015 20/12/2015 Piano festival Lijssenthoek visitor centre
DIKSMUIDE YSER TOWER MUSEUM Belgian German story Reopening March 2014 Diksmuide Yser tower
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2014-2018? DIKSMUIDE IN THE AREA Death trenches German Cemetery Vladslo
LANGEMARK GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark
NIEUWPOORT GANZENPOOT (GOOSE FOOT COMPLEX) Visitor centre opens in October 2014 Flooding Yser plain King Albert I Monument 2014 17/10/2014 Light front 14 Goose Foot, Nieuwpoort Long running event Coming World/Remember me
GONE WEST 2014-18 cultural program Flanders Fields Common thread: 600.000 war victims (military and civilian) on Belgian soil during WWI The Menin Gate, Ypres
GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS Sculptural project Coming World/Remember me Installation of 600.000 sculptures Tribute to the 600.000 victims who died in Belgium Workshops
GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS The Light Front 2014 17/10/2014 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
GONE WEST - HIGHLIGHTS 30.000th Last Post 9/07/2015 A tribute to the tribute event
THE NORTH SEA COAST 12 10 9 8 11 7 2 1 6 4 3 5 FLANDERS FIELDS COUNTRY 1. In Flanders Fields Museum & Menin Gate 2. Hill 60 3. Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 4. 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
THE NORTH SEA COAST 12 IJzerfront 10 9 8 Niemandsland TOURIST CAR ROUTES 14-18 A. Ypres Salient B. IJzerfront C. Life at the Front D. Pionier E. Vrij Vaderland F. Niemandsland Vrij Vaderland 11 6 7 Life at the Front Ypres Salient 1 2 4 3 5 Pionier
TOURIST CAR ROUTES 14-18
FLANDERS & FLANDERS FIELDS
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 -
LEUVEN and MARTYR CITIES University Library tower and exhibition from Jan 2014 2014 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
BRUSSELS Expo 14-18, It s Our History 1000 Voices for Peace And more
BRUGES 2014-2015 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
MECHELEN Vegetable museum St.-Katelijne-Waver Gardening during war time (Spring 2014) 2014 Mechelen war artists Exhibition in Lamot Musical 14-18 Studio 100 Mechelen War Artists c Toerisme Mechelen
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