Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Wings of Liberation Museum, Best
Museum · beside the 101st landing zone
The story
Vehicles, aircraft, a Waco glider and the story of the Brabant liberation, on the edge of the ground the 101st landed on. The right start: it explains the plan before you drive the road.
What to look for
Look at the map of the corridor first; the museum sits almost on Drop Zone B.
Plan your visit
Sonseweg 39, Best.
- Open
- Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:00); closed Mondays; holiday hours may differ
- Price
- €14 adults (13+); €8 ages 4–12; under-4s free; veterans €7
Checked September 2026 from official sources: bevrijdendevleugels.nl, bevrijdendevleugels.nl. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Joe Mann memorial, Best · 2 km
- Drop Zone B — Sonse Heide · 3 km
- Son bridge & 101st Airborne memorial · 4 km
- Airborne Memorial, Eindhoven (Woensel) · 6 km
- Sint-Oedenrode · 6 km
- Eindhoven — 18 Septemberplein · 9 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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