The Museum of the Great War

An essential collection on the 1914-18 war.

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The Museum of the Great War, Pays de Meaux
The Museum of the Great War, Pays de Meaux
The Museum of the Great War, Pays de Meaux
The Museum of the Great War, Pays de Meaux
The Museum of the Great War, Pays de Meaux

Description

With a collection of nearly 70,000 objects and documents recounting daily and military life during the 1914-18 war, the Musée de la Grande Guerre (Great War Museum), which opened its doors on 11 November 2011 on the grounds of the First Battle of the Marne in Meaux, is Europe's largest museum on the First World War.

Covering an area of 3,000 m², it features one of the richest and most diverse collections on the 1914-18 war in an attractive and innovative setting.

The Musée de la Grande Guerre (Great War Museum) is the ideal place for a family visit.
A veritable treasure trove of educational resources throughout the collection: see, hear, touch and handle....
A fun tour for visitors aged 5 and over: projections of archive images, reconstructions of trenches, a video space where are immersed among the soldiers in the trenches or on the battlefield, games to discover the composition of uniforms, the sounds of war, the geographical evolution of the conflict zones ...

Several audio tours are available free of charge on your mobile phone or tablet, ask at the information desk for instructions.

Contact

Rue Lazare Ponticelli
77100 Meaux

01 60 32 14 18

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  • Equipements

    Lift

    Auditorium

    Toilets

    Car park

    Parking nearby

    Coach parking

  • Services

    Educational visits

    Coach access

    Room hire

    Themed tour

    Shop

    Set down on-site for groups

    Tourist brochures

    Restaurant

    Guided tours

    Fast food

    Ticketing in number

  • Openning

    From 01/01 to 18/08 from 9.30am to 6pm.
    Closed on Tuesdays.
    Exceptional closures on 20/07/2024, 1 January and 1 May.
    Please note: the ticket office closes at 5pm, the temporary exhibition and the roof terrace close at 5.30pm, the permanent exhibition closes at 5.45pm and the shop closes at 6pm.

    From 07/09 to 31/12 from 9.30am to 6pm.
    Closed on Tuesdays.
    Exceptional closure on 25 December.
    Please note: the ticket office closes at 5pm, the temporary exhibition and the roof terrace close at 5.30pm, the permanent exhibition closes at 5.45pm and the shop closes at 6pm.

  • Costs

    Full price: 10 €
    Reduced price: 8 €
    Student: 8 €
    Job seeker: 8 €.

    Free entry for children < 8 years, press, subscribers, disabled people and accompanying persons.
    Group rate available for > 10 people.

    FAMILY PACKAGE: 28€
    (2 adults + 2 young people under 18) +2€ per additional child.

  • Speak Language

    English

    French

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