Wellington Museum, Waterloo

The Wellington Museum in Waterloo, Belgium, is located in the house where the Duke of Wellington, spent the night before and after the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815).[1][2]

Wellington Museum
The Wellington Museum in 2015
Wellington Museum, Waterloo is located in Belgium
Wellington Museum, Waterloo
Location within Belgium
Established1954 (1954)
LocationWaterloo, Belgium
TypeWar museum
Websitemuseewellington.be

The museum contains information about the Duke of Wellington, the Waterloo Campaign, the main phases of the Battle of Waterloo a Gallery and contemporary military artefacts from the armies that fought in the battle.[3]

  • Headquarters of the Duke of Wellington, by C. C. Hamilton (1817)
    Headquarters of the Duke of Wellington, by C. C. Hamilton (1817)
  • Wellington's Bedroom, where he slept the night before the battle, and wrote his Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, British Secretary of War, early in the morning after the battle.
    Wellington's Bedroom, where he slept the night before the battle, and wrote his Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, British Secretary of War, early in the morning after the battle.
  • The bed in which the mortally wounded Sir Alexander Gordon died in the evening after the battle.
    The bed in which the mortally wounded Sir Alexander Gordon died in the evening after the battle.
  • Scotland Forever! by Lady Butler (the original is in Leeds Art Gallery
    Scotland Forever! by Lady Butler (the original is in Leeds Art Gallery
  • The French room
    The French room
  • Display room on the second floor
    Display room on the second floor
  • Prussian medal awarded to the non-combattants who took part at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Collection of the Wellington Museum, Waterloo.
    Prussian medal awarded to the non-combattants who took part at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Collection of the Wellington Museum, Waterloo.

See also

References
  1. The Museum.
  2. "History of the building". Musée Wellington. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. Museum Information 2014.

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