From April to the end of October, guided tours of the estate every day on weekdays. Activities on Saturdays and Sundays, public holidays, during the school holidays and in July and August.

LIFE IN THE BIVOUAC

  • Echanges avec un fusilier ou un grenadier de la ligne

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  • Présentation du maniement des armes

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  • Découverte du quotidien des soldats

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  • Animation au pied de la Butte du Lion

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CANNON SHOT

  • The most impressive of the animations
  • Presentation of the different loading stages

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  • Blank firing

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  • The cannon: at the heart of the strategy of the Napoleonic wars

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  • Reproduction of a Gribeauval cannon

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SURGERY UNDER THE EMPIRE

  • Presentation of the medical techniques used during the Empire

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  • How the wounded were helped on the battlefield

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  • Explanation of the medical techniques in use

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  • Interactive animation with questions and answers

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GUIDED TOURS

  • Guided tour of the Museum, the Panorama, the Lion’s Mound and the Hougoumont Farm

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  • Each visit is independent and lasts approximately 1 to 1.5 hours.

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  • Every day of the week in high season from April to the end of October. At weekends, on public holidays and during the holidays, visits are by reservation only.

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THE FARM IN THE BATTLE

  • Presentation of the place by our farmer

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  • Account of the fighting on 18 June at Hougoumont Farm

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  • Presentation of the place

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