Itinéraires culturels

War Heritage Institute, WHI / War Heritage Institute, WHI

Itinéraire culturel

• Route de la Libération de l'Europe

Pays

• Belgique

Catégorie de membre

• Institution / ONG culturelle
• Musée
• Site patrimonial

Type de membre

Individual

Année d'adhésion

2019

Contacts

Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
BE-1000 Brussels

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

Personne de contact

Franky BOSTYN (Deputy Director General)

Ville/Région du siège

Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region)

Ville/Région du site

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

Localisation GPS du siège

50.841069, 4.393330

Localisation GPS du site

50.841069, 4.393330 / 51.056161, 4.341435 / 50.009077, 5.718824

Liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO

N/D

Label du patrimoine européen

N/D

Autres labels patrimoniaux

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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