Belgian Museum of the Royal Army and Military History (Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis) description and photos - Belgium: Brussels (Topic)

Belgian Museum of the Royal Army and Military History (Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis) description and photos - Belgium: Brussels. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis.

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Brussels' 50th Anniversary Park, opened for the anniversary of Belgium's independence, houses several museums, including the Belgian Museum of the Royal Army and Military History. It occupies one of the pavilions erected for the National Exhibition at the end of the 19th century.

At first, these pavilions were intended for various cultural events. Now they are occupied by three museums. The exposition of the museum is based on a collection of war trophies, which was exhibited at the World Exhibition at the beginning of the 20th century. Unexpectedly, the weapons exposition was a huge success. Therefore, after the end of the exhibition, they decided to leave it. This is how the Belgian Museum of the Royal Army and Military History was formed. First, a selection of items related to the military history of Belgium was transported to the monastery of Cambrai, and in 1923 - to the pavilion in the Fiftieth Anniversary Park, where it is still located.

The museum has a huge collection of cold and firearms, artillery pieces, samples of army uniforms, flags, etc. One of the exhibition halls - this is a huge hangar, where military helicopters and aircraft, produced in Europe in the last century, are installed. You can climb into many aircraft to inspect them from the inside, sit in the pilot's seat and imagine yourself in the sky over Belgium. Tanks and armored vehicles are exhibited in the courtyard of the museum. You do not need to buy tickets to see the collection of the Belgian Museum of the Royal Army and Military History: admission is free.

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