Anderlecht & Its 11 Museums
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Anderlecht & its 11 Museums 1070 Brussels Tourism Anderlecht Museums & strolling Museum of Human around Anderlecht Anatomy & Embryology nderlecht hosts no less than eleven museums on PRACTICAL his museum is located on the medical its territory. Literature lovers can choose between INFORMATION: faculty campus of Anderlecht. It the Museum of the Erasmus House and the poems Opening days and hours: contains multiple authentic specimens A Upon request only, T of Maurice Carême. Scientists cannot ignore the University priority for groups of the human anatomy (parts preserved Museum of Medicine and the Museum of Human Anatomy Guided tours: Only upon in alcohol, plastinated body parts, and and Embryology. Passionate history lovers follow ancient request (min. 20 people) skeletal parts) as well as mouldings, etc. Bookings: footsteps towards the “Luizenmolen”, the Beguinage, the T. +32 2 555 63 76 National Resistance Museum and the Museum of China. F. +32 2 555 63 78 Thanks to numerous normal teratological foetal Artists will be impressed by the Hall of Fame, a huge “outdoor [email protected] parts, shapes and iconographic documents, museum” with wall paintings. Gastronomes and fine food it perfectly illustrates the development ADDRESS: lovers definitely have to visit the Gueuze Museum – Cantillon Museum of Human of the human body. An entire section is Brewery, to discover its production secrets and of course to Anatomy and Embryology dedicated to bone diseases and several have a taste of these amazing beers. – Erasmus Campus – displays contain exceptional examples of Faculty of Medicine Building G, level 2 dental anatomy, contrasting anatomy of the Enjoy your discovery tour! ULB – PC 619 masticatory system and dental disorders. Laboratory for Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis. Eric Tomas Mayor Route de Lennik 808 1070 Brussels ACCESS: Plan: www.ulb.ac.be/ docs/campus/erasme.html Bus: 74 - 98 - F - LK - RH Metro: line 5 Museum of Human Anatomy & Embryology 1 (stop Erasmus) Accessible for persons The Beguinage of Anderlecht 2 with reduced mobility Museum of China 3 INFO: Brussels Gueuze Museum – Cantillon Brewery 4 Museum of Human Anatomy and Embryology Hall of Fame 5 Erasmus Campus The Luizen Windmill 6 Faculty of Medicine T. +32 2 555 63 76 The Erasmus House 8 F. +32 2 555 63 78 [email protected] The Medicinal & Philosophical Garden 9 of the Erasmus House Maurice Carême Museum 10 Museum of Medicine 11 National Museum of the Resistance 12 Cover : Photos © A Dedobbeleer 11 Museums 1 Photos : © Musée de l’anatomie 1070 Brussels The Beguinage of Anderlecht Museum of China PRACTICAL he Erasmus House and the Beguinage are PRACTICAL he origin of the Museum of China goes INFORMATION: two of the most ancient Belgian municipal INFORMATION: back to 1862. The first missionaries Open every day, except museums. Together with the Collegiate Only upon request: carried remarkable collector items in their on Mondays, from 10 to T guided tour (1 hour) T 12 pm and from 2 to 5 pm. Church of Saint Peter and Guy, they represent or free tours. luggage. Some of them were found by ethnology Open on bank holidays, quite a historical set. They are all reminders of the A catalogue with missionaries. The first section is dedicated to the except on December a brief explanation th st glorious past of the municipality of Anderlecht. Chinese language and its script. It also contains 25 and January 1 on the exhibited Specialised bookstore. The city evolved significantly in the Middle pieces is available. an amazing collection of ancient coins. The The documentation Ages thanks to the cult of Guy, patron saint for Free entry second section provides a general overview of and research centre is livestock and to its privileged location on the Chinese and Mongolian daily life, illustrated by accessible upon request pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela. ADDRESS: different objects. The third section focuses on at the Erasmus House Chaussée de Ninove, 548 1070 Anderlecht popular beliefs in China and in Mongolia, as well ADDRESS: Thanks to the donation of a canon, a small (Brussels) as on different religions such as Confucianism, Rue du Chapelain, 8 beguinage for eight women was built in 1252 Taoism, Buddhism and Lamaism. The last section 1070 Anderlecht ACCESS: (Brussels) within walking distance of the Collegiate Church. Metro: Gare de l’Ouest, highlights the evangelization of China and the In 1930, the museum was created in the smallest Bus: 89 (stop Henri Rey), four major contact periods with Christianity. The ACCESS: De Lijn Bus 127, 128, 136 By car: Ring O, exit 14 beguinage of Belgium, where once eight beguines museum also houses a portrait gallery of more and 138 (stop Obus) than 3.000 missionaries from all over the world. “Pede Moortebeek”, were housed. The buildings consist of two wings Accessible for follow the Boulevard (one built in the 16th century, the other in the nd wheelchairs and persons Sylvain Dupuis, at the 2 18th century). They were built around a charming with reduced mobility traffic lights, follow the Parking facilities road sign Erasmus House garden, with view on the Collegiate Church, By train: from whose construction began around the second INFO: the Gare du Midi. half of the 14th century. The museum contains an Museum of China Tram: 81, archaeological collection, religious art and folk T. +32 2 526 14 00 (stop Saint-Guidon) F. +32 2 523 30 48 Metro: Line 5, art retracing the ancient history of Anderlecht. [email protected] direction Erasmus, (stop Saint-Guidon) Ground floor accessible for wheelchairs INFO: The Erasmus House T. +32 2 521 13 83 F. +32 2 527 12 69 info@erasmushouse. museum www.erasmushouse. museum 2 Photo : © Musée Erasme 11 Museums 3 Photo : © Administration communale d’Anderlecht 1070 Brussels Brussels Gueuze Museum Hall of Fame, outdoor Cantillon Brewery wall painting museum PRACTICAL he Gueuze Museum is an established PRACTICAL ocated in the heart of the Park System INFORMATION: family brewery where typical INFORMATION: of Anderlecht, at the edge of the Ponds’ Open from Monday till beer varieties such as Lambic, Open all year round Park and the classified semi natural park Friday from 9 am till 5 pm, T Guided tours: upon request L Saturday from Gueuze and Kriek are brewed. of Neerpede, the Hall of Fame extends over 10 am till 5 pm ADDRESS: several kilometres under the Brussels Ring road. Closed on Sundays The Cantillon Brewery is an authentic, Hall of Fame at the edge and bank holidays. of the Ponds’ Park and the The entrance fee includes traditional and pleasant place which invites Neerpede basin As modern palimpsests, hundreds of pillars a tasting session at the you for a discovery tour exploring the Avenue Marius Renard are covered with multiple coats of paint. end of the visit. Brussels brewery universe of the 19th century. 1070 Anderlecht (Brussels) This art form developed over time Guided tours for groups and continents. It however seems can be organised Machinery and manufacturing processes ACCESS: st upon request are genuine. Depending on the time you Tram: 81 terminus dedicated to the 21 century with spend visiting, you can Bus: 46 a new impulse all over the world. ADDRESS: attend a brewing and/ Accessible for persons Anderlecht gave it a very special space. Rue Gheude, 56 with reduced moblity 1070 Anderlecht or a bottling session, and wheelchairs. (Brussels) barrel cleaning or the Parking facilities This street art engraves its soul in a www.cantillon.be making of fruit beers. thousand ways: abstract calligraffiti INFO: ACCESS: Tourism Anderlecht (tangled, decorative, mostly scribbled Metro: Gare du Midi Rue du Chapelain, 1-7 characters) standing alongside Tram: nr 3 and nr 4 1070 Anderlecht (Brussels) masterpieces of graffiti artists (stop Gare du Midi T. +32 2 526 83 65 (realistic, abstract wall paintings or “Lemonnier”); tourism@anderlecht. nr 81 (stop Place Bara) brussels inspired by the art of comics or music) The museum is spread www.anderlecht.be and stencilled drawings (more stylized paintings). out over 3 floors with Facebook: stairs. The access for Tourism d’Anderlecht people with reduced A free expression of aesthetics, provocations, mobility is difficult art, love, rebellion, humour, etc. This by definition ephemeral art form constantly rejuvenates INFO : Brussels Gueuze Museum itself under the impulse of urban expression. Cantillon Brewery T. +32 2 521 49 28 This outdoor museum exhibits contemporary F. +32 2 520 28 91 artworks for all and everyone 365 days a year! [email protected] www.cantillon.be 4 Photo : © Administration communale d’Anderlecht 11 Museums 5 Photo : © A Dedobbeleer 1070 Brussels The Luizen Windmill PRACTICAL he hamlet of Neerpede is the lungs at ACCESS: It remained a nostalgic memory in the heart INFORMATION: the edge of Brussels, From Gare du Midi or of numerous citizens of Anderlecht, when in Public access every where the Pede brook Metro: Saint-Guidon, 1992 the association “Luizenmolen-Anderlecht” 2nd and 4th Sunday of each T De Lijn bus: 116, 117 or 118 month, from 2 till 5 pm. peacefully flows through the (stop Bon Air), aimed for an identical reconstruction. In May Apart from these days, valley, by excellence the most rural then cross the avenue 1999 a faithful copy of the ancient Luizen mill guided tours can be and restful area of Anderlecht. d’Itterbeek and follow could finally be inaugurated. Since then, the organised upon request. the rue Van Rijmenant For school tours, please By strolling around, you will till the end to access Luizen mill is still active and has been listed book one month in spot some traditional square on the right hand side in February 2007 as historical monument! advance. farms, large fields criss-crossed rue des Papillons.