Tourism and remembrance

The Charles de Gaulle Museum

LILLE

Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille at 9, Rue Princesse in his grandparents’ house, which has now been turned into a museum. On show are personal o...

The Verlaine 5 June 1994 Museum

TOURCOING

The radio message from London announcing the arrival in Normandy was deciphered in Tourcoing, in the 15th German army HQ which now houses the Musée...

Musée du 11 septembre 1709

BAVAY

Association Tank De Flesquières

CAMBRAI

It was during the ferocious Great War battle of Cambrai in 1917 that British tanks were used on a large scale for the first time. One of them, Numb...

The Cannoniers Garrison Museum

LILLE

The Musée des Canonniers Sédentaires in the former Clarisse convent traces the military way of life of the Lille garrison, and features famous pers...

THE CORPS DE GARDE MUSEUM

MAUBEUGE