Lange Max Museum

Long Max Museum
Lange Max Museum
Lange Max Museum
Near Koekelare, Belgium
Established October 2014
Location Site Lange Max, Clevenstraat 2, B 8680 Koekelare, West Flanders, Belgium
Coordinates 51°07′01″N 2°58′56″E / 51.116893°N 2.982338°E / 51.116893; 2.982338
Type World War I Military Museum
Director Rudy Willaert
Curator Gerdi Staelens
Owner vzw Lange Max
Nearest car park On site
Website www.langemaxmuseum.be/
gun Long Max (Lange Max Museum)
38-cm „Lange Max“ of Koekelare (Leugenboom), One of the biggest gun of the world in 1917.

The Lange Max Museum (LMM) is devoted to the German 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" gun and the German occupation of Koekelare and the nearby area in World War I. The focus on the German side of the war makes it a unique museum in Belgium. The museum is named after the nickname of the German gun "Lange Max", which was one of the biggest guns of the world in 1917 and located in Koekelare.

The museum was opened in October 2014 by the Minister-President of Flanders, Geert Bourgeois. It is located on a domain called Site Lange Max, which includes a farmyard. At the site one can see other protected monuments: a bakehouse, the artillerie platform and a former German mess. In the museum one learns more about "Lange Max" gun, the former biggest gun of the world in 1917 that bombarded Dunkirk and also Ypres. Dunkirk is located at about ± 45 km from Koekelare. The information is available in four languages: Dutch, German, English and French. Audio guides in Dutch, English and German are also available.

Famous visits

During the Interbellum the Pommern battery was one of the most successful attractions in the battlefield tourism in Belgium. It was featured in the Michelin Guide "L'Yser et la côte belge". Famous visitors to the Site Lange Max over time include:

nearby

  • at 2.7 km you will find Hovaeremolen (Koekelare) which was used as an observationpost during World War I.
  • 3 km from the museum you will find the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Koekelare.
  • at 3.1 km you will find the Fransmansmuseum in Koekelare.
  • 6 km from the museum you can find the World War I Vladslo German war cemetery.
  • at 10 km you find the IJzertoren.
  • at 11 km you will find Dodengang.

Temporary Exhibitions

  • Temporary Exhibition 2016 (2016-2017): "The effect of the inundation on German warfare" (Dutch: "De gevolgen van de onderwaterzetting voor de Duitse oorlogsvoering")
  • Temporary Exhibition 2017 (2017-2018): "The III. Flandernschlacht in our region" (Dutch: "De III. Flandernschlacht in onze regio")

Awards and recognition

  • 2014: Culture award (Gerdi Staelens, for Lange Max Museum)[7]
  • 2015: Raf Seys Price[8]
  • 2015: Nomination Heritage Price 2015 West Flanders Province (one of the 20 projects selected out of 500 entries).[9]
  • 2016: Belgium's third best museum.[10]

References

  1. ↑ THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
  2. ↑ THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
  3. ↑ Battlefield tourism on the coast after WWI - VLIZ
  4. ↑ Battlefield tourism on the coast after WWI - VLIZ
  5. ↑ Eckart Cuntz, ambassadeur Duitsland bezoekt Lange Max
  6. ↑ Koninklijke Thaise ambassade bezoekt het Lange Max Museum - Koekelare - 17/01/2015
  7. ↑ (NL) Cultuurprijs voor werk aan nieuwe Lange Max Museum
  8. ↑ (NL) Eerste RAF SEYS PRIJS gaat naar de Lange Max!
  9. ↑ (NL) Erfgoedprijs 2015: de winnaars
  10. ↑ De 10 beste musea - België. Nr. 3 - Lange Max Museum - 01/09/2016
  • Raf Seys, Commeine L.: Lange Max : het groot kanon van Leugenboom, Devriendt, Koekelare, 192 p.

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