Considering its location in the city of Brussels, Josaphat Park is quite large. It is south and west of Boulevard Lambermont and most of it is east of Avenue Voltaire.
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Museum van de Molen en de Voeding
Occupying the former windmill of Evere, built in 1841 to grind the grain of surrounding farms. It was hooked up to a steam machine in 1853, making the blades redundant, and they were disassembled shortly afterwards. From 1911 onwards, the mill could no longer compete with larger mills and it lost its function. For the next 20 years, it became a location for various companies and factories unrelated to milling. From 1930 to 1983 most notably, the building served as a spices factory, after which the mill remained empty for 25 years. It gained the status of protected heritage in 1990 and was acquired by the municipality in 1998 which gave it its current function of museum in 2008. It hosts a permanent exhibition of machines and tools used for milling and processing spices, dating from the spices factory era. It also discusses the history of the mill, the development of milling techniques from prehistoric grindstones evolving to millstones and contemporary techniques. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions that change yearly, ranging from nutritional themes to the history of breakfast, the history of sweets, culinary history of the First World War, forgotten and unusual vegetables, and so on.
Gemeentelijk Museum van Evere
A museum dedicated to the history of the Evere commune, focussing on the political, religious, economical and social life in the area from the Middle Ages to the present. The story of Evere is told through paintings, sculptures, and tools from pre-urbanized times. Many pictures and artifacts guide visitors through the more recent history of Evere and its significance for Brussels.
Belgian train museum, opened in September 2015. Interesting collection of Belgian railway exhibits, including an entire former railwayman's house which once stood on the site and had the museum constructed around it. Notable for its dramatic interior decor by local artist François Schuiten
Monument for British officers killed during the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. After being suggested in 1861,the City Council of Brussels approved to donate about 30 m² of cemetery to re-bury British officers whose graves were in or around Brussels, and on cemeteries around the battlefields of Waterloo and Quatre Bras. Queen Victoria personally oversaw the funding of a suitable monument. The sculpture, a design of Belgian artist Jacques de Lalaing, is a large edifice of bronze figures on a plinth of stone blocks. It depicts Britannia with her helmet and trident lowered, surrounded by weapons, uniforms and equipment. Inscribed to the sides of the plinth are shields bearing the names of the regiments that participated in the campaign. The monument was unveiled in 1890, with below it a crypt with 16 niches. It now contain 17 bodies, all of which were transferred here between 1890 and 1894. Of the 17 men, all but one died during the campaign: Sergeant-Major Edward Cotton survived the battle and became a tourist guide to the battlefields after the campaign. He was buried at Hougomont after his death in 1849 and also transferred to the Monument.
The cemetery of Brussels is, rather ironically, situated behind the former NATO headquarters complex. Numerous inhabitants of Brussels with a historic significance are buried here, including former mayor Charles Buls, and Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, founder of the Brussels University.
Memorial dedicated to the 251 victims who perished in the flames of the Innovation disaster of 22 May 1967. It was erected in 1968 and consists of 4 white marble columns with the names of the victims engraved.