Mons Memorial Museum, museum in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium

The Mons Memorial Museum is a military museum in Mons, Belgium, displaying about 5,000 objects from the two World Wars. The collection includes personal belongings, letters, diaries, and records from soldiers and citizens of several countries including Britain, America, Canada, Belgium, and Germany.

The museum opened in 2015 and focuses on personal experiences of people who lived through the World Wars. It traces how warfare changed life in Mons and the region from the Middle Ages through the 20th century.

The museum displays names and personal belongings of soldiers and civilians from different countries who experienced war. This collection is rooted in the local identity of Mons and honors the people whose lives were shaped by conflict.

The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday starting at 10 am and is located centrally on Boulevard Dolez in Mons. Entry closes around 4:30 pm, and the museum offers guided tours of about one and a half hours as well as accessible guides in Braille.

The museum occupies the Machine-à-Eau, a municipal water pumping station built in 1871 and extended for the 2015 opening. Its scenography was devised by Winston Spriet and Martial Prévert, and the permanent collection of over 5,000 artefacts fills 1,200 square metres. In July 2025 a temporary show, 'L'esprit carcéral', looked at four prisoners of Mons prison, among them the poet Paul Verlaine.