Champ de bataille de Waterloo

The 4D movie reinacting the war brings out history into perspective. This is the best way in keeping history alive. The visit is well thought out and well planned for the tours ending up at the monument. Generations to come will know history through the visits here. Keep it up.

The below ground museum is the most comprehensive explanation of the French Revolution and Napoleon that I have ever seen. Over 100 individual audio tour descriptions in multiple languages give a complete background of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars and their relevances to or world today. There is also a very excellent 4D ( including smells) panoramic film that illustrates the key e events of the battle. It is the best museum of its type I have seen, on par with and in some ways superior to Gettysburg museum in the USA. The century old cyclorama is also a gem of a historical depiction and the Butte du Lion is a challenge to climb for a excellent view of the battlefield.

Very interesting and historic place to visit. There's a very good modern museum based on interaction with the visitors, in which you can also learn within seconds about the history of the battle with an audioguide, which includes many European languages. The museum also includes a cinema in which you can watch a fantastic 4D movie about the Battle of Waterloo which gives you the feeling of actually being there at the battlefield, although the movie screen contains a few graphical errors. You can also see a panorama of the battle which really doesn't impressed me at all as the panorama in Moscow of the "Battle of Borodino".

You will be exhausted if you arrive at the top but the view is amazing! The museum is super modern, with HD screens, movies, game you can play for me not necessary to climb the monument. What a shame to pay 18€ for this just to climb the lion.

Lots of great interactive things to do where your sudioguide is placed on a surface to unlock more features. The AR telescopes showing troop movements was excellent. It's a shame the cinema wasn't working, but we were given tokens to allow us to return another day.

Very interesting and important historical place with very well arranged museum dedicated to Napoleon's last battle - here you can find not just very detail information about the battle itself, but also information about what was happening before (all the way from French revolution) and after (brief feedbacks and information) Napoleon's defeat. Many historical items and souvenier shop can be found in museum building, where is recommended to use a headphones for prepared presentations in order to better understand the events from battle itself and French history around that time. The concrete visual Waterloo battle you can experience through short movie with 3D effect (you will have to use an enclosed 3D glasses for that) in special room although I did not find it so interesting as I was missing the more strategic and tactical showing of the battle, and at the same time there were many details of the battle also missing, which in fact are very important components in order to better understand the battle and final outcome - the other parts of museum are much more interesting in that way, so if you will miss the movie, you will not miss too much. In any case as result of the battle there was around 50.000 men dead or wounded, and around 20.000 horses lied on the battle ground, so the casultoes were high on both sides. When you walk up to the 40 m high Lion's Mound (Lion's hill or Butte de Lion) you can see the battefield itself and imagine the ongoing of the battle ... hmmmmm ... and with visiting the main and most important battle points (e.g. Hougoumont farm, attack of French cavalry point, or La Haye Sainte farm), your impression of battle could be even more genuine. Furthermore, you can come to the battlefield place at time when the battle will be reenacted in live by many actors from around the world (up to 2.000 actors), and in authentic costumes from that period - the event is taking place every year around 18 June, on the day the original battle was fought. In overal great experiences and very well arranged museum with many information about battle, armies and overal happening before and after battle. Toilets are at the museum area and access for people with disabilities is somehow secured (with some examptions - eg they can not reach the Lion's Mound top spot), but could be arranged even better. Free parking places are available in immediate vicinity of the battlefield.

I'm sorry to say that rude staff spoiled our visit last summer (2019). By accident, we missed the (small) sign to the museum and tried to take the audio guides outside. An alarm went off and the member of staff who came to show us the way told us we were stupid. The museum was good but climbing the mound was a let down - you got a great view of the battle field but little to help you visualise the battle. The stairs are narrow and it was a awkward squeeze to pass someone else when of course it is also steep. The panorama is good, particularly when you think how old it is, but it's tatty these days. We walked to the farm which was lovely but there were no guides in English available. The film there was good but too long with over-technical vertical slabs which move agonisingly slowly through the story. Finally we went into the shop and to be honest were very surprised by the manipulation of history - 'Napoleon the Emperor' was everywhere and very little of Wellington and his story. Finally we found something we wanted to buy as a present, and the staff member first was too busy talking to their colleague to take our money, and then when she did come, couldn't be bothered to give us our receipt but went straight back to chatting. We might go again, maybe in 20 years or so, but I hope the staff will have improved their attitude.

We didnt go inside the museum as was quite expensive but it looked amazing from what we saw. The lion on the hill was really nice as was all the other statues. Hopefully we will make it to the museum next time were nearby. Also the horse drawn tour looked really good