The Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen
The Hof van Busleyden museum in Mechelen focuses on the Golden Age of the Southern Netherlands
Museums
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 Vervet Forest in Brussels Natural History Museum
The Vervet Forest is the story of five orphan baby monkeys and the struggle to save their forest home in South Africa
Goalmine Football Museum, Genk
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!
Canadians in Belgium: 1914-18
An exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres focuses on the contribution of Canadian soldiers in the First World War
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
The Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 is dedicated to the horrendous bloodbath that was the Battle of Passchendaele. It displays numerous artefacts from the battle, a Dugout Experience that takes you underground into a mock-up of the British Army’s quarters, and reconstructions of trenches.
Talbot House: A shelter amidst the storm
Talbot House in Poperinge is one of the most evocative First World War sites in Belgium. It was used by soldiers for rest and relaxation before returning to the Front. It’s still very much as it used to be 100 years ago.
Belgian Heritage Day: A guide for aliens
Mostly everyone in Flanders knows that the first Sunday after the Easter Holidays is the annual Heritage Day (Erfgoeddag). But if you’ve recently arrived in Flanders from a different planet, here’s a short guide to what it’s all about.
The Belgian draft horse
The Belgian draft horse is a spectacular animal. We look at its history, evolution, and current usage in Belgium and America.
Defroidmont Chocolate Museum
An excellent place to visit in the Ardennes when it’s raining (or when it’s not!)
The Tobacco Museum in Wervik
The Tobacco Museum in Wervik, Belgium, gives a fascinating insight into the history of tobacco through the ages.
500 years of Mercator
Gerardus Mercator was a geographer, cartographer, scientific instrument maker and mathematician. Born on 5 March 1512, his mapping technique, the Mercator projection, changed the way… Read More »500 years of Mercator
Tienen Sugar Museum. Don’t get stuck behind a tractor!
Have you ever been by car to Tienen in the autumn? If so, you have probably got stuck behind a slow-moving tractor pulling a trailer… Read More »Tienen Sugar Museum. Don’t get stuck behind a tractor!