!!! For technical reasons, the exhibition "Lisolo Na Bisu" and the Section 1940-1944 in the Bordiau Hall are temporarily closed
until August 2nd, 2010 !!!
Tank exhibition and the documentation centre close
The Tank and the armored exhibition Hall will be closed until the 30th of Sep 10 by cause of infratucture works.
The documentation centre will be closed from Tuesday 7 September 2010 until Monday 20 September 2010.
Bulletin 2008
Bulletin of the Royal Military Museum, contributions of the study of Military Heritage.
Lisolo na Bisu: the Congolese soldier in the Force publique (1885-1960) Celebrating 50 years of Congolese independence The exhibition was put together by the Royal Military Museum (RMM), in collaboration with the Royal Society of the Friends of the Military Museum and the Royal Museum for Central Africa
The Royal Military Museum wins the "Children's Prize 2010" in a competition organised by OKV (Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen, a Flemish cultural organisation) !
Eighteen days in May
Come and discover the campaign diary by artillery officer Hubert Olyff. His personal notes tell the story of military operations such as the German advance, fierce bombings and shelling by enemy aircraft.
Exhibition Camp Vogelsang, Pictures by Andreas Magdanz
For thousands upon thousands of members of the military the name Vogelsang evokes countless memories. Between 1950 and 2005, innumerable Belgian and allied soldiers were trained at this camp in the Rhineland of North Westphalia.
From April 25 till June 27, 2010 the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History selects twenty objects in its permanent collection regarding:
Do you know why women fainted so easily some 150 years ago? Which Belgian king liked to pedal around on his tricycle? And if a chapska is a hat rather than a dog? Would you like to find the answers to these questions?.
In the early fifties a bloody war was fought on the Korean Peninsula between the North and the South. North Korea was aided by Chinese ‘Volunteers’, South Korea received help from a large international force sent by the United Nations.
