Carrière Wellington

50°16′50.1594″N 2°46′58.7274″E / 50.280599833°N 2.782979833°E / 50.280599833; 2.782979833 The Carrière Wellington is a museum in Arras, northern France. It is named after a former underground quarry which was part of a network of tunnels used by forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the First World War. Opened in March 2008 (2008-03), the museum commemorates the soldiers who built the tunnels and fought in the Battle of Arras in 1917.

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