Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62
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The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Ypres
, Belgium
is located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial
and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I, and it has a unique collection of World War I
items, including a rare collection of 3-dimensional photographs, weapons, uniforms, and bombs.
A reconstructed section of the British
trench lines
are located behind the museum, and the attraction also has a small bar, café and gift shop, in which many of the items cost one euro fifty.
The trenches feature a muddy maze of trenches.
As it has a wide collection of Great War artifacts, the museum is a popular attraction on World War I-themed school trips from the UK.
Ypres
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
is located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial
Hill 62 Memorial
The Canadian Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St. Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood...
and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Sanctuary Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for the dead of the First World War, 5 km east of Ypres, Belgium in the commune of Zillebeke. Located off the main Ieper-Menin Road on Canadalaan...
. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I, and it has a unique collection of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
items, including a rare collection of 3-dimensional photographs, weapons, uniforms, and bombs.
A reconstructed section of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
trench lines
Trench warfare
Trench warfare is a form of occupied fighting lines, consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are largely immune to the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery...
are located behind the museum, and the attraction also has a small bar, café and gift shop, in which many of the items cost one euro fifty.
The trenches feature a muddy maze of trenches.
As it has a wide collection of Great War artifacts, the museum is a popular attraction on World War I-themed school trips from the UK.
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The trenches are very realistic and muddy. You can tell it is a British trench because of the iron around the walls of it where as German trenches would have been lined with sandbags. The museum trenches feature bends, hide outs and fire steps so that you can really experience how it would have felt to be in WW1. There is even an underground tunnel where the soldiers would have ran through to carry messages to one another. The tunnel is pitch black but there are no dead ends.See also
- Battle of Hill 60Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)The Battle of Hill 60 was an Australian assault that was subsidiary to the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.-1914-15:Hill 60 was a low rise on the southern flank of the Ypres Salient and was named for the 60 metre contour which marked its bounds. Hill 60 was not a natural highpoint, but was created as a...
- Hill 62 MemorialHill 62 MemorialThe Canadian Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St. Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood...
- Battle of Passchendaele
- Tyne Cot MemorialTyne Cot CemeteryTyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front...