Commemorate WWI on 3, 4 and 5 October 2014
A selection from the programma by 2014 • HET VLEESHUIS AN EXPERIENCE TRAIL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Children from the fifth and sixth years of primary education will be invited to take part in an interactive workshop which focuses on various aspects of war and peace. The participating classes will receive a ticket for the Peace Parade. 04/11/2013 - 31/12/2014
• HISTORIC CITY WALKS ANTWERP DURING THE GREAT WAR. The First World War behind the double belt of fortresses. The walk starts at Stadsfeestzaal in Meir and ends at the pontoon bridge near Steen and will focus on historic buildings, famous authors and artists, the story of the refugees and so on. CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE AS OF JANUARY 2014
• MAS EXODUS. FLEEING THE WAR.
• VAN MIEGHEM MUSEUM • M HKA EUGEEN VAN MIEGHEM (1875-1930) AND THE PANAMARENKO UNIVERSUM. The exodus of about one million refugees to the GREAT WAR. The exhibition gives a fascinating overview of Netherlands at the start of the war and hundreds of thousands of others to Great Britain and France in search of a safe haven. 21/5/2014 - 31/03/2015
Portraits of departing refugees and other telling scenes from the harsh daily life in a city at war. 15/09/2014 – 27/11/2014 (KBC TOWER)
• FOTOMUSEUM SHOOTING RANGE. PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE FIRING LINE?
• ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP (KMSKA) AND THE PROVINCE OF ANTWERP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSE OF About the role of photography during the Great LITERATURE AND THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM War. Which influence did photography have on EMILE VERHAEREN the war? And how does photography influence THE MODERNS. ART DURING THE GREAT WAR. our views on war then and now? 27/06/2014 – 11/11/2014
The exhibition, which focuses on six key figures, paints a picture of authors’ and artists’ perception of the war. With e.g. Paul van Ostaijen, • WALKS SCHOONSELHOF Emile Verhaeren, Cyriel Buysse, Jules SchmalzigANTWERP ‘14-’18: DISCOVER ANTWERP’S WAR aug, Rik Wouters, André De Ridder. MEMORY. 20/09/2014 – 11/01/2015 • MIDDELHEIMMUSEUM During the walk the guide will share individual (KONINGIN FABIOLAZAAL) TRACES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE war stories and reveal historical discoveries MIDDELHEIMMUSEUM COLLECTION about the relationship between the Great War, • RED STAR LINE MUSEUM Artists on both sides of the frontlines marked by the City of Antwerp and Schoonselhof. FAR FROM THE WAR? the First World War. With e.g. Käthe Kollwitz. 29/08/2014 - 28/02/2015 How did Belgian, German and European migrants 03/05/2014 – 11/01/2015 in America experience the Great War, away from (walking trail for adults and families) the battlefields, their homeland and family? 26/09/2014 – 05/04/2015
the most important machines and objects of this Antwerp avant-garde artists, completed with drawings, editions and sketches of zeppelins among others. 03/10/2014 - 22/02/2015
ANTWERP BUILDS BRIDGES
Bridge tickets: • €5 per bridge ticket
• €6per combination ticket (transport to and from the event on De Lijn within the Province of Antwerp) • Tickets may be purchased on our website www.antwerpen14-18.be or at the Infopunt Antwerpen ‘14-’18 City Hall - Grote Markt - 2000 Antwerpen Wed through Fri from 10:00 to 17:00 tel. +32 (0)3 338 83 03 Your ticket for the pontoon bridge entitles you to a walk across the Peace Bridge but also allows you to take part in the cultural program on the Left Bank and visit the various exhibitions for free or at a discounted rate on 3, 4 and 5 October 2014.
THE ANTWERP ’14-’18 PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PEACE CENTRE AND MORE THAN 50 PARTNERS. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ITS PARTNERS AT WWW.ANTWERPEN14-18.BE, WWW.VISITANTWERP.BE OR GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ANTWERP ‘14-‘18.
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