in a 10 m deep 2n WW underground, learn more about the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Thanks to its realist displays, see the everyday life of the nationalities soldiers who came to fight during WW1.
At the exit :
- A bombarding sound effect
- A souvenir shop
- The town's public garden
Rue Anicet Godin - 80300 ALBERT - +33(0)3.22.75.16.17
http://www.musee-somme-1916.eu
Open everyday from January 25th to mid-December from 10am to 5pm
(4.30pm last entrance)
You will find in this museumcollector items, archaelogical objects, multimedia tools, and the life-size replica of Georges Guynemer's plane. The 60m long fresco drawn by Joe Sacco is a graphic view of the battlefield of the July 1st 1916
to continue your visit :
- Visitor's center
-Thiepval Memorial
- Thiepval Anglo-French cemetery
Open every day from 9.30am to 6pm from 1/03 to 31/10 and from 9.30am to 5.30pm in high season.
Annual closing from mid-December to mid January. Rue de l'Ancre 80300 Thiepval +33(0)3.22.74.60.47 - thiepval@historial.org
Via a railway of 14 km, you can discover the beautiful Valley of the Somme.
The museum presents a local collection of locomotives, locotractors & wagons.
P'tit train de la Haute Somme APPEVA
open from April to September
coffee shop - free toilets & parking
+33(0)3.22.76.14.60
Hameau de Froissy -
La Neuville-les-Bray