Tropenmuseum – Amsterdam Tropical Museum

After the independence of Indonesia, the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam restyled itself the Indies Museum, then in 1950 became the Royal Tropic Institute with the museum proper renamed the Tropical Museum. The museum tried to downplay its colonial origin and mission, taking now as its principal theme international cooperation, development aid and daily life in the Third World.

Deutscher Kolonialismus

The Deutsches Historisches Museum is dealing for the first time with various aspects of German colonialism in an exhibition with more than 500 objects. Although the German Empire was one of the major European colonial powers, only in recent years has Germany‘s colonial past found its way into public consciousness to a significant degree. The exhibition of the Deutsches Historisches Museum examines the colonial ideology, which was founded in the belief of a European superiority.

Colonial war 1945-1949. Desired and undesired images

The exhibition focuses on a forgotten aspect of the colonial war in the Dutch East Indies: the influence of the Dutch military intelligence services on how the Dutch media reported on the conflict. The exhibition casts a different light on the colonial war and shows the power and impact of photography and film. The official image of the war on Java and Sumatra aimed at manipulating public opinion. Without images of violence there seemed to be no war.

101st Airborne Museum “Le Mess” Bastogne

The 101st Airborne museum in Bastogne is located in the former officers mess building of the Belgian Army, built in 1936.
This prestigious building was used by the German army as "Unteroffiziersheim" during the occupation of Bastogne in WWII.
After the war it was used as a hospital by the Red Cross. This unique building with its rich history is the perfect place to gather and display the military history of the 101st Airborne Division and units involved in the Battle of Bastogne in December 1944 - January 1945.

Somme 1916 Trench Museum

At the approach of World War II, which everyone felt soon upon them, to shelter the civil population and prevent mass exodus, the Town Hall decided to fortify the underground tunnels. It is inside the largest tunnel (10 meters underground and 250 meters long, from the Basilica through to the public garden) in which the Somme 1916 Museum is located.

Kazerne Dossin – Memorial

The Kazerne Dossin – Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights is a museum in Mechelen, Belgium established next to the former Mechelen transit camp from which Belgian Jews and Romani were sent to concentration camps during the Holocaust in World War II. During World War II, Dossin Barracks was known as between 1942 and 1944, 25,484 Jews and 352 Romanis were transported through the complex to the concentration camps in the east. Two-thirds were killed upon arrival.

Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand or National Museum of the Resistance

The museum traces the history of the Belgian resistance and German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The museum seeks to raise awareness of the role of the Belgian resistance during both World Wars and preserves document and artifacts relating to the period. The museum also touches on the German occupation, Holocaust and deportations of prisoners of war during the conflict.

The National Museum "Holodomor victims Memorial"

Formerly known as the Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine, the museum is Ukraine's national museum and a world-class centre devoted to the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933, a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932 and 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The museum was opened on the day of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in 2008 and gained the status of a national museum in 2010.