Cultural Routes

War Heritage Institute, WHI / War Heritage Institute, WHI

Cultural Route

• Liberation Route Europe

Country

• Belgium

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

2019

Contact Details

Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
BE-1000 Brussels

Tel: +32 02 / 737 78 11
Website: www.warheritage.be
Email: info[at]warheritage.be

Contact Person

Franky BOSTYN (Deputy Director General)

Main Town/Region

Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region)

Site Town/Region

Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region) / Willebroeck (Antwerp, Flemish Region) / Bastogne (Luxembourg, Walloon Region)

Main GPS Location

50.841069, 4.393330

Site GPS Location

50.841069, 4.393330 / 51.056161, 4.341435 / 50.009077, 5.718824

UNESCO World Heritage List

N/D

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The mission of the War Heritage Institute (WHI) is to promote Belgium’s military heritage, the remembrance of armed conflicts on Belgian soil, and those involving Belgians abroad. This mission involves managing, acquiring, preserving, and restoring collections of objects, documents, and intangible testimonies from the period extending from the Middle Ages to the present day. The WHI thus presents a multi-disciplinary interpretation by situating these sites back into their military, political, technological, economic, social, and cultural contexts.
For this purpose, the WHI manages and oversees a network of exceptional museums and military sites, including:
- Royal Military Museum of Brussels (Musée royal de l’Armée et de l’Histoire militaire de Bruxelles) (www.klm-mra.be);
- Breendonk Memorial (www.fortbreendonk.be);
- Bastogne Barracks (http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/bastogne-barracks-bastogne).

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