Afbeelding
AMERICANS IN FLANDERS FIELDS names & places
9 April 2025 - 3 August 2025
When the War broke out, there was much sympathy for 'poor little Belgium'. This led to all sorts of initiatives in America to help the Belgian civilians. Soon, American citizens were also enlisting in Allied armies to do their bit at the front.
After the declaration of war on Germany in April 1917, the US army was organised, trained and sent to Europe. The arrival of the Americans tipped the balance in favour of the Allies. During the summer and autumn of 1918, four US divisions also fought on the front in Flanders.
This exhibition is part of the project Americans in Flanders Fields, Names and Places 1917-1919, a partnership between the Museum, the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC) and the Embassy of the United States of America in Belgium.
These temporary exhibitions have already ended:
Photo exhibition ‘Belgian art in exile’
October 2024 - 19 January 2025
Temporary exhibition on some well-known Belgian artists during World War I. Read more.
Aerial photography in Waregem during WWI
8 May 2024 - 28 July 2024
Numerous authentic aerial photos of Waregem during the First World War. Read more.
Resisting war propaganda
3 May 2023 - 23 July 2023
The exhibition examined the methods and processes of war propaganda since World War I to the present. Read more.
RE(f)USED
22 April 2022 - 31 July 2022
Glass is stubborn and petulant... Glass artist Nico Sabbe makes it tell a story. Read more.
Animals at War
2 October 2021 - 9 January 2022
During war, animals can be a hero, a means of communication, a mascot or a plague. Read more.
Bloody Wars!
1 May 2021 - 13 June 2021
The exhibition depicted the devastation caused by both world wars in West Flanders. Read more.
170 years of Waregem Koerse
1 August 2020 - fall 2020
The atmosphere of 170 years of Waregem Koerse through beautiful posters and photos. Read more.
The Secret Army
13 September 2019 - 2 February 2020
The story of the organized resistance (and Le Grèbe farm) in Waregem during the Second World War. Read more.
The American Golden Century
24 April 2019 - 30 June 2019
Paintings by artist Serge Moreel paint an expressive picture of the American 20th century. Read more.
The making of 'Oorlog in Waregem'
30 November 2018 - 31 January 2019
Author Ivan Adriaenssens showed in HIPPO.WAR how the graphic novel ‘Oorlog in Waregem’ came into being. Read more.
The Yanks are coming
April 2018 - 15 November 2018
Focus on the last days of WWI and the role of the Americans in the liberation. Read more.
