European Heritage Days at the Verdun Memorial and Douaumont Fort

Journées Européennes du Patrimoine au Mémorial de Verdun et au Fort de Douaumont © Mémorial de Verdun
This event is available in
French
Take advantage of the European Heritage Days to discover or rediscover the Verdun Memorial and Douaumont Fort free of charge!

On the program:
Screening of the documentary "La Vaux-Marie 1914".
Saturday, September 20 at 2pm in the auditorium of the Verdun Memorial
In the presence of directors Clément Menuisier and Dominique Di Ceglie
This project, which took 9 years of painstaking work, tells the story of the particularly deadly fighting at La Vaux-Marie, Meuse, in September 1914.
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Guided tours of the Verdun Memorial and Fort Douaumont
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September (same opening hours on both days)
Verdun Memorial: 10.30am and 3.30pm
Douaumont Fort: 11am and 4pm
Length of guided tour: 1 hour
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Bestiaire de Guerre. Small animal stories at the heart of the Verdun Memorial".
Saturday September 20 and Sunday September 21 (same opening hours on both days)
10am-10.45am and 4.30pm-5.15pm
Duration of a storytelling visit: 45 minutes
Young public (6-10 years)

Entrance to both sites and all activities are free of charge during the European Heritage Days. For more practical information, visit www.memorial-verdun.fr
Address
1 avenue du Corps européen
55100
Verdun - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
+33 3 29 88 19 16
Tarif
Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
Saturday: 9:30-8:30
Sunday: 9:30-18:30
Exhibitions in this museum
Les petits objets de la Grande Guerre © Marko
Exhibition
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Whether at the front or at rest, a multitude of objects accompany soldiers in their daily lives: statutory, personal, industrial or handcrafted. Some are commonplace, others more intimate, and all ...

Thibault Lucas No Man’s Land 32, 2024. ©️ Adagp, Paris, 2025
Exhibition
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For a year, the Verdun Memorial welcomed artist-in-residence Thibault Lucas. In the course of his encounters and peregrinations on the battlefield, he immersed himself in the atmosphere of this ...