BRUSSELS MILITARY MUSEUM

WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE LAST WEEKEND FOR A FEW HOURS.   THOUGHT WE WOULD CHECK OUT THE MILITARY MUSEUM OF BRUSSELS.  THEY HAD A GREAT COLLECTION OF WAR PIECES WHICH IS SURPRISING SINCE BELGIUM ISN'T EXACTLY KNOWN FOR THEIR MILITARY MIGHT.  BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT A LOT OF THE COLLECTION WAS ORIGINATED FROM ONE MAN'S COLLECTION OF WWI EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND BY THE GERMANS.  THE MUSEUM ITSELF OPENED IN 1923 IN THE CURRENT BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT FOR THE 1910 WORLD EXHIBITION.  

THIS IS KINDA FUNNY...IT SAYS DONATION FROM THE U.S. ARMY.....IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN KEEP IT - WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE $ TO BRING IT HOME!

REALLY SHOWS THE POWER THAT THESE BIG GUNS HAD.

THERE WERE ABOUT 3  CASES FULL OF HELMETS.

PART OF THE MUSEUM HOUSES AN AIRCRAFT EXHIBIT - MOSTLY MILITARY TYPE.  

MELTED STEEL.

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A BAD LANDING!

AN EARLY DRONE

PART OF THE CABIN OF A ZEPPELIN

THIS MAP SHOWS DOWNED PLANES DURING WORLD WAR II.  ONE PLANE WENT DOWN IN OUR TOWN, IT'S MARKED WITH THE GREEN CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE.  THE GREEN INDICATES A FRENCH PLANE.