‘Stories of refuge’ exhibition at Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp
The Stories of Refuge exhibition at the Red Star Line Musuem on Antwerp brings refugees sharply into focus.
If you like visiting museums, you’ll be in heaven in Belgium as there are so many excellent ones to visit. They range in size, from larger ones of great international importance such as the Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen, to smaller ones such as the Cheese Museum. Here is just a small personal selection of some of the museums in Belgium.
The Stories of Refuge exhibition at the Red Star Line Musuem on Antwerp brings refugees sharply into focus.
Enjoy a winter walk through the Bokrijk Open Air Museum. Just follow the lights!
Explore Belgium’s past at the Eperon d’Or industrial heritage site in Izegem, with a focus on shoes and brushes.
Enjoy this walk around Grimbergen that includes a wooded park, basilica, abbey, castle, two watermills and plenty of cafés!
Located 20 km south-west of Antwerp, the quiet town of Bornem has much to offer.
A short list of 15 museums throughout Belgium that will be particularly interesting for children of all ages and interests.
Visit the WW1 Experience Centre in Tildonk and discover how locals coped with the occupation.
Read this before you visit the superbly renovated Africa Museum in Tervuren and it will help you make the most of your time there.
The Hof van Busleyden museum in Mechelen focuses on the Golden Age of the Southern Netherlands
The Vervet Forest is the story of five orphan baby monkeys and the struggle to save their forest home in South Africa
A highly enjoyable museum to visit – especially with football-crazy kids! But you don’t have to be a football fan to enjoy this museum. It’s located in FC Genk’s stadium, and heavily features the club’s history. You can even dress up as a Genk supporter!
An exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres focuses on the contribution of Canadian soldiers in the First World War