GROUP VISITS
with your company, your school or your organisation
Tuesday
12 November
9:30am to 6:00pm
3/3
Wednesday
13 November
9:30am to 6:00pm
5/5
Thursday
14 November
9:30am to 6:00pm
6/6
Friday
15 November
9:30am to 6:00pm
2/2
Saturday
16 November
9:30am to 6:00pm
2/2
ADULTS GROUP
Info & booking:
+32 (0)61 210 220 - INFO@BASTOGNEWARMUSEUM.BE
(MONDAY TO FRIDAY FROM 9H30 TO 17H30)
GROUPS RATE (from 20 people) :
Bastogne War Museum & Bastogne War Rooms: €20 per person
Bastogne War Museum: €16 per person
Bastogner War Rooms: €12 per person
YOUR DAY IN BASTOGNE:
9:30
arrival at Bastogne War Museum
Free parking for coaches (200 spaces available))
9:30 - 10:00
welcome-coffee (with or without pastries)
10:00 - 12:30
audio-guided tour of the Bastogne War Museum and Generations 45
12:30 – 14:00
lunch at the Bistrot de la P
14:15 - 14:45
visit to the Bois Jacques battlefield (with or without mobile app)
15:00 - 16:00
visite audioguidée des Bastogne War Rooms
MEAL:
The Bastogne War Museum includes the Bistrot de la Paix, open during the museum opening hours.
menus
- 2-course menu (starter + main course or main course + dessert)
- 3-course menu (starter + main course + dessert)
Each menu can be accompanied by a drinks package.
THE "EXTRAS"
- Welcome coffee or tea
- Welcome coffee or tea + pastries
- Snack
IN ADDITION TO YOUR VISIT
- Guided tours of the battlefields
2h00 · €200 per guide (20 people maximum per guide)
Accompanied by a local guide, learn more about the sites that pay tribute to the valiant soldiers of the Ardennes Offensive, such as the Bois de la Paix, the German military cemetery at Recogne, the battlefield of Bois Jacques (mobile app), etc.
Provide your own means of transport.. Possibility of increasing the duration of the activity and the number of sites visited.
- Other possible activities: historical walks or a ride in a vintage military vehicle.
SCHOOL GROUP
With this school programme, the museum’s education team positions itself between, on the one hand, general citizenship education and, on the other hand, history in order to help the future generation of tomorrow to understand the world around them.
The principal objective is to support the students and the work of schools in the formation of open-minded citizens, capable of adopting a critical and sensitive approach to thought. To achieve this, the museum relies on modern and diverse tools and methodologies (workshops, technological aids, educational resources, debating games et cetera). This type of reflection is fuelled by an active teaching approach based on questionning, discovery, listening, active participation, debate and, above all, interactivity.
Consequently, the Bastogne War Museum’s educational programme lends itself History teachers as well as Citizenship, Geography, French or Philosophy teachers.
Info & booking:
+32 (0)61 210 220 - INFO@BASTOGNEWARMUSEUM.BE
(MONDAY TO FRIDAY FROM 9H30 TO 17H30)
SCHOOLGROUPS RATE:
Bastogne War Museum & Bastogne War Rooms: €10 per person
Bastogne War Museum: €8 per person
Bastogner War Rooms: €6 per person
One accompanying adult free for each tour group, then one accompanying adult free for each group of 15 students. Other accompanying adults pay €8.
Free admission for schools in the communes of Bastogne and Bertogne.
VISIT WITH ANIMATIONS AROUND FOUR THEMES:
A visit with Émile
2h00 · 6 to 13 years · €8 per pupil + €75 per instructor (maximum 20 students per instructor)
Accompanied by an animator, students discover the realities of the life of Émile, the Bastogne War Museum’s courageous child, as well as that of civilians and soldiers caught up in a deadly conflict.
The animation begins with a brief introduction that puts the Second World War into context, and then leads the children to discover real period testimonies, sensory workshops and multimedia rooms. They discover the daily life of our elders by handling objects, exchanging points of view and drawing parallels between specific situations and the way we live today.
Extend your experience: the visit with Émile can be extended in the afternoon with a teamwork-based game, the Allies Game. This treasure hunt is a fun way of integrating the concepts learned during the visit and allows the students to discover the Mardasson Memorial
Allies Game: 2h00 · €75 per instructor (maximum 20 students per animator).
Roads of exile
2h30 · 13+ years · €8 per student + €90 per instructor (maximum 20 students per instructor)
Through the history of the Second World War, the harsh reality of exile is explained in concrete terms, using testimonies and artifacts from the period. The animation is based on the migration of a large proportion of the population persecuted by the totalitarian Nazi regime from 1933 onwards, and on the mass exoduses caused by the fighting. Its journey through the Bastogne War Museum naturally leads to questions about contemporary migration. The natural right to security of every individual, enshrined in the third article of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, serves as a common thread throughout the visit.
Extend your experience: continue your day at the Bastogne War Museum with the
discovery of emblematic battle sites around Bastogne. You start by discovering the Bois de la Paix, where 4,000 trees have been planted to pay tribute to the veterans of the conflict. Next, you’ll explore the remnants of the Bois Jacques battlefield via an augmented reality mobile application. Thanks to technology, you can experience the lives of the Easy Company soldiers entrenched in their foxholes. Finally, you finish with a stop at the German military cemetery in Recogne.
Visit to the battlefields: 2h00 · €90 additional · Visit possible with or without guide (€90 per guide - maximum 20 students per guide)
War Tribunal - When justice takes over
2x2h (spread over one day) · 15+ years · €8 per student + €150 per instructor (maximum 20 students per instructor)
This acttivity takes place in the form of a role play, permitting your students to discover the social and judicial issues of the period.
During the morning, each student is assisted by a co-ordinator with the aim of helping the student to best embody their character during the role play in the afternoon. Using first hand accounts, content and artifacts displayed inside the museum, your students will discover each complexity and variety of human reactions when faced with extreme situations.
In the afternoon, your group will take their place in a mock court room, participating in an extraordinary immersive experience, in which they will impersonate the role that they were given in the morning. Accompanied by a detailed character sheet, and armed with the
elements discussed during the visit, the different court actors will have to build a case for or against the accused, then deliberate and give reasons for their decisions.
Based on real historical events, the outcome of this trial ends with a verdict determined by the quality of the debates and the and choices made by the participants, whether they are magistrates, witnesses or even the accused.
Discovering Human Rights
2h30 · 15+ years · €8 per student + €90 per instructor (maximum 20 students per instructor)
After a brief introduction to the history of human rights, your class, divided into groups, begins its tour of the Bastogne War Museum.
During the visit, your students will be given a roadmap showing the main articles of the Declaration of Human Rights, and questioning the influence of the Second World War on its creation. This document will help them identify the ways in which fundamental rights were flouted at different times during the conflict. This activity enables your group to understand the extent to which human beings have shown resilience and adaptation or, on the contrary, how they have reproduced the mistakes of the past.
Extend your experience: continue your day at the Bastogne War Museum with the
emblematic battle sites around Bastogne.
You will start by discovering the Bois de la Paix, where 4,000 trees have been planted to pay tribute to the veterans of the conflict. Next, you’ll explore the remnants of the Bois Jacques battlefield via an augmented reality mobile application. Thanks to technology, you can share in the lives of Easy Company soldiers entrenched in their foxholes. Finally, you end with a stop at the German military cemetery in Recogne.
Visit to the battlefields: 2h00 · €90 additional · Visit possible with or without guide (€90 per guide - maximum 20 students per guide)
MEAL:
The Bastogne War Museum includes the Bistrot de la Paix, open during the museum opening hours. The Bistrot de la Paix is a charming replica of a 1950s estaminet, accommodating up to 140 guests. With era-specific music playing in the background, this cozy café captures the post-war atmosphere relaxed and joyful after the end of a five-year conflict.
PIC-NIC
You can picnic in one of the museum areas if you buy with one drink per person at the bistrot.
LUNCH BOX
1 sandwich + 1 piece of fruit + 1 bottle of water.
Booking mandatory.
CORPORATE
The Bastogne War Museum welcomes an average of 150,000 visitors a year, making it the centre of reference for the Second World War in Belgium. Since 2022 the Bastogne War Museum has become an event venue with 4 themed spaces for unique events up to 400 people.
PRIVATE DAYTIME AND EVENING EVENTS. The museum has four event rooms, enabling our team to work with you to create a tailor-made offer. Its new, ultra-modern infrastructure enables you to organise a wide range of professional events (team lunches, training courses, team building, meetings, general assemblies, family days, etc.), combined with the unique experiences offered by the museum. For privatised events, there is free parking at the Museum.
QUALITY CATERING. The Bastogne War Museum works with four local quality caterers, selected by a Belgian master chef. We can cater for all your culinary requirements, including walking dinners, (gala) dinners, cocktail parties and gastronomic experiences.
A VARIETY OF UNIQUE ACTIVITIES. Over the past decade, the Bastogne War Museum has expanded to offer four distinct visitor experiences across three memorial sites. Various on-site options allow you to customize your visit, including audio-guided tours, outdoor activities in vintage military vehicles, guided walking or biking tours, and augmented reality experiences.
Info & booking:
+32 (0)61 210 220 - EVENT@BASTOGNEWARMUSEUM.BE
(MONDAY TO FRIDAY FROM 9H30 TO 17H30)
A TYPICAL DAY AT THE MUSEUM:
- 9:30
arrival at Bastogne War Museum - 9:30 - 10:00
welcome coffee or breakfast at the Bistrot de la Paix - 10:00 - 12:00
audioguide visit of the Bastogne War Museum - 12:00 – 13:30
1, 2 or 3-course meals - 13:30 - 14:15
audioguide visit of the new immersive show - After 14:30
Outdoor activities (e.g.: mobile application “Bastogne - Bois Jacques”)
Tailor-made events:
Just 10 minutes from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Bastogne War Museum is the perfect venue for your business meetings, seminars, team-building events and more.
Located just a stone’s throw from the Mardasson Memorial, the museum features four event spaces ready to accommodate your needs.
Meeting Room
20, 25 or 42 people · Day* (9h30-18h00)
This meeting room offers the possibility of broadcasting your presentation on a large screen, while enjoying a splendid view of the life-size replica of Major George Preddy’s aircraft, a P51-Mustang.
Bistrot de la paix
Maximum 140 people · Evening** (after 18h00)
The Bistrot de la Paix, available for evening events after 6:00 p.m., is a charming replica of a 1950s estaminet, accommodating up to 140 guests. With era-specific music playing in the background, this cozy café captures the post-war atmosphere relaxed and joyful after the end of a five-year conflict.
Mustang Flight Zone
120 - 200 people · Day* (9h30-18h00) or evening** (after 18h00)
Our newly opened function and reception room offers a unique experience
where you can enjoy a drink and a meal beneath a life-size P-51 fighter jet. This venue pays tribute to Major George Preddy, an American aviation ace who was killed during the Battle of the Bulge while piloting his aircraft.
When you book this space, a complimentary visit to the “Generations 45” audio-guided experience (30 minutes) is included.
Bastogne Convention Center
300 - 500 people · Day* (9h30-18h00) or night** (after 18h00)
With a surface area of 4305 ft², the Bastogne Convention Center is the ideal venue for large-scale events. This well-equipped room features a giant 215 ft² screen and top-quality sound systems.
Reservations for this space include the “Mustang Flight Zone”.
A visit to the “Generations 45” audio-guided experience is offered free of charge.
Special offers for GROUPS
GUIDED TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELDS IN A MILITARY VEHICLE
Aboard authentic vintage Willys, Dodges and GMCs, discover the landmarks of the Battle of Bastogne. For an added touch, you can enhance this unique experience with an aperitif in the Ardennes forest or at the Museum Bistro.
HISTORICAL WALKS
Complete your visit of the Bastogne War Museum by following the paths taken by war refugees and walking in the forests where soldiers fought. Don’t hesitate to add a visit to places of remembrance such as the Mardasson Memorial and the nearby German cemetery
BOOKING: INFO@BASTOGNEMEMORIAL.BE
OUR FOUR IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
The “Bastogne War Museum” (2h00) plunges you into the shows of the Second World War and the Battle of the Bulge with three multi-sensory cinemas.
Then, in “Generations 45”, follow the journey of two veterans in post-war Europe, from 1945 to 1989 (30min).
Outdoors, visit the “Bois Jacques” battlefield (with a guide and/or mobile app).
Finally, explore the Museum’s newly unveiled “Bastogne War Rooms”, an immersive experience that transports you to the core of American resistance during the Battle of Bastogne. Step into a recreated headquarters where General McAuliffe famously declared “Nuts!” and relive this pivotal moment in history. (1h00)
Dinner in the museum
A few meters from an american tank, enjoy a dinner meal inside the museum.
MEAL:
The Bastogne War Museum includes the Bistrot de la Paix, open during the museum opening hours.
menus
- 2-course menu (starter + main course or main course + dessert)
- 3-course menu (starter + main course + dessert)
Each menu can be accompanied by a drinks package.
THE "EXTRAS"
- Welcome coffee or tea
- Welcome coffee or tea + pastries
- Snack