The Museum and Grounds

Immediately behind the cemetery is an excellent museum which is more than worth the value of the entry price.

In the entrance hall there are a number of cabinets showing 2 000 various items of uniform and equipment from all sides in the war.

They are well organised and in excellent condition.

Moving on further, the museum takes you around a number of dioramas describing the situation in the French lines - the commentaries can be played in English or French.

There is a small shop and also an impressive collection of 400 stereoscopic photos from the period.

Outside in a small park they have put together a somewhat rusty collection of items into a trench system. This area is on the actual ground of the fighting for the final section of the crest.

Having looked at photographs of the area at the time (1915) it is easier to understand that the trenches for both sides were of a rough and ready nature and not the impressive dugouts of later years and the Hindenburg line.

Don't forget to take a look over the side of the ridge towards Cabaret Rouge and Vimy. It makes you realise that taking this important ridge was quite a feat of arms for the French.

Notre Dame de Lorette

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