A strong partnership has developed between various Euro-regional museums and sites of remembrance from Ypres, in Belgium, to the Aisne, in France. This partnership is illustrated by the ‘Pass’Musées 14-18’, a leaflet of reduced-priced entry tickets, encouraging visitors to travel to the legendary sites of the First World War.

A union that will encourage new discoveries

The ‘Pass’Musées 14-18’ is a joint initiative that began in 2014 between five museums themed on the Great War. Two years later, the pass now includes the following 11 museums:

– In Flanders Fields Museum – Belgium
– Plugstreet 14-18 – Comines-Warneton, Belgium
– Passchendaele Museum – Zonnebeke, Belgium
– Lewarde Mining History Centre
(Exhibition ‘The Mining Region at the Heart of the Conflict’, officially approved by the Mission Centenaire) – Nord, France
– Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille Museum – Bullecourt, France
– The Wellington Quarries – Arras, Pas-de-Calais
– The Somme 1916 Museum – Albert, Somme
– The Thiepval Museum – Somme
– The Historial, Museum of the Great War – Somme
– The Cavern du Dragon/ Chemin des Dames Museum – Oulches la Vallée Foulon, Aisne

The idea is simple: visit one of the symbolic sites of the First World War and for each entrance ticket purchased receive a pass providing reductions for six (eleven?) other museums.

This blog provides more information about the Pass’Musées : http://passmusees14-18.blogspot.fr

Use these reductions to discover the sites dedicated to the First World War from Belgium to the Aisne. The strength of the pass lies in its diversity; each museum is unique and filled with its own surprises to shed new light on the various aspects of the First World War.