Close to the Grand-Place, just a stone’s throw from Tour Saint-Georges tower, the Military History Museum invites you to discover the long history of Tournai, its fortifications, the many sieges of the city – by Edward III, Henry VIII, Charles V, Louis XIV, the Duke of Marlborough and Louis XV – and the famous Battle of Fontenoy.
Its extensive collections of weapons, uniforms, equipment and documents bear witness to the Revolutionary and Imperial period, the Dutch period and the Belgian regiments stationed in barracks in Tournai until 1914.
Significant events in the city during both world wars are also well documented: the battle of 24 August 1914, the Allied offensive of 1918, the fighting at the Scheldt in May 1940, the bombing of Tournai in 1940 and 1944 and the liberation of the city in 1944.