The Great War's Unseen Stories at Château de Péronne, Europe's Largest Museum

The Museum of the Great War, nestled within the Château de Péronne, paints a unique portrait of the First World War. This institution, established to mirror the Somme battles from various vantages, prides itself on an autonomous global research center, staffed with foremost historians and experts on the conflict. The museum's displays zero in on the shared hardships endured by war participants and peaceful townsfolk. To that end, it maintains two permanent, specialist exhibitions: Prisoners of War and Children in World War I.

The Prisoners of War exhibit gives a glimpse into the daily drudgery and mundane struggles of captivity, such as food, illness, and labor. During the war, no less than 6.6 million individuals found themselves confined. Among them were 500,000 French, 160,000 British, and 85,000 Germans. The Children in World War I exhibition dissects the role of young ones amidst the conflict and the frequent employment of the sacred child image in war propaganda. The museum shines a light on the ordinary lives of those living in the shadow of World War I.

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