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You'll find here several sections concerning the setting up of the Historial, its museography and architecture.
Presentation of the Historial Museum of the Great War
The idea of creating a museum devoted to the war of 1914-1918 originated with the Somme County Council in 1986.
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The interior architecture and the museography chosen for the five main rooms simultaneously illustrate life on the front and on the home front.
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The architecture of the Historial, designed by Henri-Edouard Ciriani , forcefully expresses the building's mission: to give a different image of the Great War which goes beyond the history of the battles alone.
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Historial de la Grande Guerre
Château de Péronne
BP 20063
80201 PERONNE cedex FRANCE
Phone : (+33) 3 22 83 14 18
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