New temporary exhibition: Reflection points - War dead in the grounds of Zonnebeke Chateau
Lecture Pity the homeloess Belgians! American humanitarian aid to Belgium
Passchendaele Ceremony with torch parade
Lecture Attilla Szalazy-Berzeviczy
Armistisce Day
From 1 May 2023 until 19 November 2023.
In 1917 hundreds of soldiers died in the grounds of Zonnebeke Chateau. Most were buried where they fell.
After the war, each body that was moved to a Commonwealth Cemetery had the coordinates recorded of...
Thursday 21 September 2023 from 7.30pm to 9pm
Prof Nel de Mûelenaere teaches history at the VUB. Her research focuses on the relationship between humanitarian aid, nutrition and gender in Belgium and the US during and after the First World War. In ...
Date: Friday 10 November 2023
10 November 1917 marks the day that Canadian troops ended the Battle of Passchendaele by capturing the ruins of the village.
On 10 November 2023 the ‘Passchendaele Ceremony’ commemorates the end of the battle and all...
Friday 10 November 2023
On 10 November 2023, we will host a lecture by Hungarian writer Attilla Szalazy-Berzeviczy at the church of Passchendaele. The Battle of Passchendaele is covered in his book 'In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War' in...
Date: Saturday 11 November, 2023
Armistice Day is commemorated in Zonnebeke with several ceremonies.
More info to follow.