Exhibitions at the Cinquantenaire Museum have a lot of live up to. Whilst it is one of the least known museums in Belgium, and often gives the impression of being grossly underfunded (most general admission halls don’t even have heating in winter, be warned), it generally puts up exhibitions that can easily rival with those in big museums of international reknown such as the British Museum. This…
Exhibit review: Once Upon A Time
Once Upon a Time Where: Cinquantenaire Museum, Etterbeek (Brussels), Belgium When: May 17 – September 17. Once Upon A Time at the Cinquantenaire Museum was probably THE clockpunk exhibit extraordinaire. For those not familiar with the term, it coins all manners steampunk style before the start of the late Regency, which is the starting era for steampunk (dieselpunk starts with the Roaring 20s and…
Nantes Castle/Musée d’histoire de Nantes
Le Château des Ducs de Bretagne, or Nantes Castle for short, is not just the midevil home of the famous Anne de Bretagne (yes, the one from the Musketeer novels), but also a veritable source of history. The castle has not only been completely renovated, it has been turned into a museum depicting the history of Nantes. Namely the Musée d’histoire de Nantes. (more…)
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