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Galerie principale
Explorez la Première Guerre mondiale à travers les récits de ceux qui l'ont vécue.
Galerie principale
Inclus avec votre billet d'admission générale, la galerie principale du musée et mémorial national de la Première Guerre mondiale abrite l'exposition permanente « La guerre mondiale, 1914-1919 ».
Grâce à des témoignages de première main, des expositions captivantes et des films informatifs, la galerie principale guide les visiteurs à travers un voyage complet de la Grande Guerre. Diverses collections de toutes les nations belligérantes contribuent à raconter l'histoire de cet événement cataclysmique du XXe siècle.
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Glass Bridge and Poppy Field
Cross the Paul Sunderland Glass Bridge to get to the entrance of the Main Gallery, walking over a poppy field in “No Man’s Land.” The poppy field is a memorial to the lives of those who died as a direct result of WWI: each of the 9,000 poppies represents 1,000 deaths, totaling 9 million lives lost.
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Dans les tranchées
Step inside five different life-size trench settings, getting a glimpse into how soldiers lived, passed the time, fought and died in the sprawling trench networks that crisscrossed Europe. Each lifelike figure was created using 3D scans of real people.
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Chronology Wall
Follow the timeline of World War I as it unfolds along the detailed Chronology Wall, which anchors the entire Main Gallery and places each exhibit in historical context.
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Théâtre Kemper Horizon
Watch how a series of dramatic events pulled the U.S. into the war in early 1917. Stark lighting flashes over a diorama of mud-covered soldiers while archival footage plays across the multi-story screen.
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Réservoir Renault FT-17
Inspect the battle damage on a French Renault FT-17 tank that was deployed in France until a German shell disabled it in 1918. At two interactive stations, get closer with detailed 3D models that allow viewing from all angles and even inside.
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Tables interactives
Send a coded message by pigeon, dodge German submarines and more at four interactive touch tables. Learn about frontline communication, wartime convoys, objects from empires and WWI aircraft.
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Victimes
Peek into the workings of a field hospital set up in a bombed-out church, witnessing the chaos and realities of battlefield medicine during WWI. Nurses and medics work on soldiers wounded in body and spirit by shells, bullets and poison gas.
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Rencontres
Meet 16 individuals from WWI and hear their intimate first-hand accounts crafted from diaries, letters and photos. These real people from history – soldiers, nurses, factory workers, dissenters and more – are brought to life with actors and state-of-the-art projection technology.
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Épilogue
Reflect on the ongoing impacts and challenges set off by the events of WWI, surrounded on three sides by floor-to-ceiling imagery, sounds and music.
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