Verdun Memorial, Military museum and war memorial in Verdun, France

The Verdun Memorial stands on the 1916 battlefield at Fleury-devant-Douaumont, where a pale concrete base with tall narrow windows carries a glass and dark-metal upper floor set back on the left; a sloping black wall descends across the facade. A long low stone building nearby bears the carved inscription "MEMORIAL DE 1914 VERDUN 1918" above three dark wooden double doors at the top of a wide stone staircase. Inside, the permanent exhibition covers 1,500 m2 on three levels, with artillery guns and Voie sacrée trucks in one wing.

The memorial grew out of a project first proposed in 1939 by the Fédération nationale André Maginot, interrupted by the Second World War. In 1951 Maurice Genevoix became president of the Comité National du Souvenir de Verdun, which in 1960 chose the former Fleury-devant-Douaumont station site. The first stone was laid in June 1963; architect Charles Legrand died in 1964 and Marcel Bidault took over. It opened on 17 September 1967.

The museum displays personal belongings and uniforms from soldiers of both nations, allowing visitors to see the human side of the conflict. These objects help people understand the shared sacrifice across enemy lines.

The museum stands on the 1916 battlefield beside the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, a few kilometres from Verdun. The permanent exhibition occupies three levels covering 1,500 m², with artillery pieces and Voie sacrée trucks in one wing. Allow time for the audiovisual show on front-line combat. The building was enlarged in 2013–2016 with a new 600 m² floor, two 345 m² wings and a 700 m² reception area by the car parks.

The memorial stands on the site of the former Fleury-devant-Douaumont railway station, one of the villages destroyed in 1916. Fernand Ducom, its first curator and a veteran, said in 1966 that Verdun lacked a place where the battle could be reconstructed and explained, alongside its forts and cemeteries.