Mons Memorial Museum

Mons Memorial Museum
The exterior of the museum.
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Location51 Boulevard Dolez
Mons, Belgium
Coordinates50°27′00″N 3°57′25″E / 50.44997°N 3.95694°E / 50.44997; 3.95694
TypeMilitary museum
Websitemusees-expos.mons.be/nos-lieux/mons-memorial-museum/

Mons Memorial Museum (MMM) is a museum located in Mons, Hainaut Province in Belgium focusing on the history of the military history of the region in World War I and World War II.

Formerly known as the Museum of Military History of Mons (French: Musée d’Histoire militaire de Mons), the museum was opened in 2015 in the year that Mons was a joint European Capital of Culture. It is located in the former municipal water pumping station known as the Machine-à-Eau (lit. 'water machine') built in 1871 which was extended as part of the museum project.[1][2]

The museum's permanent collection includes more than 5,000 artefacts[3] and is displayed over 1,200 square metres (13,000 sq ft).[1] It also hosts regular temporary exhibitions.

  1. ^ a b "La première pierre du 'Mons Memorial Museum' a été posée à la Machine à eau". RTBF (in French). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ Palmitessa, Isabelle (3 April 2015). "Le Mons Memorial Museum ou comment la guerre bouleverse les destins". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Mons Memorial Museum: An Intimate Portrait of War". Visit Wallonia. Wallonie Belgique Tourisme asbl. Retrieved 13 April 2024.