The memorial was restored and expanded, before the reopening and renaming on 18 October 2014. The renewed "Westfront Nieuwpoort" was visited by heads of state and government on 28 October, including Belgian King Philippe and German chancellor Angela Merkel. The visitors' centre was designed by the Antwerp architects' workshop ("Antwerps Architecten Atelier"). A permanent exhibition illustrates the inundation of the Yser plain in 1914 by opening the sluices at the Ganzepoot. The monumental panoramic painting "Panarama of the Battle of the Yser in October 1914" by Alfred Bastien is shown in a downsized, digitised format. The original dimensions are 115 metres by 14 metres.