Lange Max Museum
| Lange Max Museum | |
 Lange Max Museum | |
  Location within Belgium | |
| Established | October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Location | Site Lange Max, Clevenstraat 2, B 8680 Koekelare, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51°07′01″N 2°58′56″E / 51.116893°N 2.982338°E |
| Type | World War I Military Museum |
| Director | Rudy Willaert |
| Curator | Gerdi Staelens |
| Owner | vzw Lange Max |
| Nearest car park | On site |
| Website | www.langemaxmuseum.be/ |
The Lange Max Museum (LMM) is devoted to German 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" gun and the German occupation of Koekelare and its nearby aera. The focus on the German side of the war makes it a unique museum in Belgium. The museum is named after the nickname of the German gun "Lange Max", which was one of the biggest guns of the world in 1917 and located in Koekelare.
The museum was opened in October 2014 by the Minister-President of Flanders, Geert Bourgeois. The Lange Max Museum is located on a domain called Site Lange Max, which includes a farmyard. The Lange Max Museum is located on a farmyard. At the site you can see other protected monuments: a bakehouse, the artillerie platform and a former German mess. In the museum you learn more about "Lange Max" gun, the former biggest gun of the world in 1917 that bombarded Dunkirk and also Ypres. Dunkirk is located at about ± 45 km from Koekelare. The information is available in four languages: Dutch, German, English and French. Audio guides in Dutch, English and German are also available.
nearby
- at 2.7 km you will find Hovaeremolen (Koekelare) which was used as an observationpost during World War I.
- 3 km from the museum you will find the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Koekelare.
- at 3.1 km you will find the Fransmansmuseum in Koekelare.
- 6 km from the museum you can find the WW1 Vladslo German war cemetery.
- at 10 km you find the IJzertoren.
- at 11 km you will find Dodengang.
Awards and Recognition
- 2014: Culture award (Gerdi Staelens, for Lange Max Museum)[1]
- 2015: Raf Seys Price[2]
- 2015: Nomination Heritage Price 2015 West Flanders Province (one of the 20 projects selected out of 500 entries).[3]
References
- Raf Seys, Commeine L.: Lange Max : het groot kanon van Leugenboom, Devriendt, Koekelare, 192 p.
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Coordinates: 51°07′01″N 2°58′56″E / 51.1169°N 2.9823°E