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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 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 – 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 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 , 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 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. Bookings by phone: The site is accessible T. +32 2 523 32 49 by local trails, all lending for people with reduced Various educational activities are The site is a superb photo themselves to an exquisite walk. mobility except for the regularly organised in the mill. setting, ideal weddings, This breathtaking and timeless windmill (stairs). Nowadays, the Luizen mill is not communions, etc countryside and virtually intact Parking facilities only one of the most interesting Address: region, evokes landscapes painted Info: tourist attractions, but also an Rue des Papillons, 192 by Breughel, with windmills Luizenmolen-Anderlecht important witness of the rural history 1070 Anderlecht similar to the “Luizenmolen”, Association: of Anderlecht. Every year, a folk (Brussels) Headquarters: dominating the valley, rue des Papillons, 192 festival attracting a large number catching the eye of every hiker. 1070 Anderlecht (Brussels) of visitors is organised on the site, By post : enchanting for young and old alike! Gemeenteplein, 7 The mill was built on the plateau of Vlasendael 1700 between 1862 and 1864, next to a farm in the T./F. +32 2 520 43 59 rue des Papillons. The “Luizenmolen” ceased robertdiederich production in 1928. The city of Anderlecht @gmail.com http://users.skynet.be/ finally bought the property in 1939 and luizenmolen planned to renovate it. The building was listed as historical monument during the Second World War to be irrevocably delisted in 1954 ! After it entirely fell into ruins, the mill was demolished in February 1955.

6 Photo : © A Dedobbeleer 11 Museums 7 Photos : © Administration communale d’Anderlecht & © A Dedobbeleer 1070 Brussels The Medicinal and Philosophical The Erasmus House Garden of the Erasmus House

Practical he Erasmus House is one of the most Access: he Erasmus garden is a garden of information: ancient gothic houses in Brussels By car: Ring O, exit 14 pleasures and knowledge. The first one Open every day except (1460 – 1515). Pieter Wijchmans, canon Pede Moortebeek, is the Medicinal garden of landscaper on Mondays from L follow the Boulevard T 10 am till 6 pm. in Anderlecht, hosted his friend Erasmus Sylvain Dupuis, at the 2nd René Pechère (1987). More than hundred herbal Open on bank holidays here from May till October 1521. Erasmus traffic lights, follow the plants from the 16th century, used by Erasmus for except on December came to rest and to “play the peasant” as signs for Erasmus House healing purposes, are cultivated in this diseases 25th and January 1st. By train: from the Closed as from mid he wrote in his letters to Guillaume Budé. Gare du Midi, garden, a real botanic portrait of the humanist. December till March. The museum evokes the life of the Dutch Tram 81: Behind this healing garden for the body lays a Specialised bookstore. humanist and the intellectual universe during (stop Saint-Guidon) second garden, a kind of garden in the garden: The documentation the Reformation through ancient works of art Or bus 49: a philosophical garden to heal the mind, thinking and research centre is direction Bockstael, accessible upon request (among others engravings and paintings by (stop Formanoir) about the world. Inspired by the words of “The Holbein, Jérôme Bosch or Dürer), surrounded by From the Gare Central Religious Banquet”, written by the humanist Address: a collection of gothic and renaissance furniture. Metro: line 5, in 1521 after his stay in Anderlecht, a series Rue du Chapitre, 31 direction Erasme, 1070 Anderlecht (stop Saint Guidon) of cartographic flowerbeds reflect numerous (Brussels) Visitors will appreciate the reflective and familiar By metro: Line 5, direction plants and flowers Erasmus admired during universe of Erasmus, a great philologist and Erasme, his journeys. These journeys made Erasmus Info: theologian, a disciple of tolerance and free will. (stop Saint Guidon). the first great European. Garden of the body, Erasmus House Ground floor accessible Municipal Museums for wheelchairs garden of the world, this garden offers a of Anderlecht Besides paintings, the museum exhibits number of “philosophical rooms” created Rue du chapitre 31 a large number of ancient writings and by contemporary artists. Every room is an 1070 Anderlecht (Brussels) books depicting the thoughts of this invitation to take a moment, to sit down and T. +32 2 521 13 83 singular spirit that profoundly marked to enjoy time passing by, alone or with friends. F. +32 2 527 12 69 the western civilization thanks to his Or as Erasmus said “where your friends are, info@erasmushouse. museum masterpiece “The Praise of Folly”. there is your wealth” (Ubi amici, ibi opes). www.erasmushouse. museum

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8 Photo : © Musée Erasme 11 Museums 9 Photo : © Musée Erasme 1070 Brussels Maurice Carême Museum Museum of Medicine

Practical n these premises, the living environment Practical he Museum of Medicine owns a collection information: of the poet, together with his antique information: of 10.000 objects, each of them giving a Open on Wednesdays furniture, ancient dinnerware and Visits from Monday till different perspective on the evolution from 10 am till 5 pm I Friday from 1 pm till 4 pm. T except on bank artworks (Belgian painters and sculptors) Upon request, guided tours of medical science : paintings, miniatures, holidays and on the last are kept intact. The museum also of approximately 1 hour engravings, lithographs, ancient books, amulets, Wednesday of December. exhibits portraits of Maurice Carême, up to 1 and a half hours statues, medicine boxes, warfare pharmacies, Guided tours only can be organised for upon request. as well as illustrations of his poetry. groups every day, oracle plates and surgical instruments. The Bookings: including weekends. originality of this exhibition lies into the fact T. +32 2 521 67 75 Temporary exhibitions of using art for illustrating the evolution Special welcome upon “THE WHITE HOUSE” was built in 1933 as a true reflection of the houses built in Documentation centre of medical concepts throughout history. request, for researchers Scientific events centre. and academics for literary Brabant, the home county of the poet. Auditorium with 130 seats and musical research The great hall is dedicated to a chronological In an archive room, specially equipped for the Address: journey from Antiquity to today, from Address: Campus Erasme Avenue Nellie Melba, 14 heritage preservation of the Maurice Carême Route de Lennik, 808 anaesthesia back to the invention of 1070 Anderlecht Foundation, the Museum houses all the 1070 Anderlecht (Brussels) the first sounding instruments, etc. (Brussels) works of the poet, his manuscripts, written Access: Access: documents, sound and audiovisual material, Metro: Erasme One exhibition hall relates the history Tram: 81 (till 8 pm) translated works and poems set to music (more Accessible for people of surgery, mainly during the war, with 31 (after 8 pm) than two thousand three hundred partitures of with reduced mobility trepanning and amputation instruments, Bus: 46, 75, 89 and 118 and wheelchairs Metro: Line 5 the two thousand eight hundred are still intact), with resection stones in the urinary tract, etc. stop “Veeweyde” or the photo library, the map library (the poet Info: “Saint-Guidon” creative places), movies dedicated to Maurice Museum of Medicine In other rooms, visitors are touring Carême, the massive correspondence and a T. +32 2 555 34 31 between ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, Info: F. +32 2 555 34 71 Maurice Carême specialised poems library from all over the world. museemed@ from pre-Columbian medicine practiced Foundation erasme.ulb.ac.be by the Aztecs, the Mayas and the Incas Avenue Nellie Melba, 14 Facebook: to the use of magic in the healing art. 1070 Anderlecht Musée de la Médecine (Brussels) T. +32 2 521 67 75 The museum also houses a collection of F. +32 2 520 20 86 th fondation@ anatomical wax models from the 19 mauricecareme.be century: heads suffering from eruptions, www.mauricecareme.be deformities of all types, a sword swallower, ... Facebook: Maurice Carême The museum is not The so-called “Spitzner Hell” room, accessible for people restricted to an informed audience, with a reduced mobility is devoted to venereal diseases : an or wheelchairs impressive prevention tool against STDs!

10 Photo : © A Dedobbeleer 11 Museums 11 Photos : © Administration communale d’Anderlecht & © A Dedobbeleer 1070 Brussels National Museum of the Resistance

Practical ince 1972, the National Museum of the information: Resistance is settled in the ancient Lauwers Open from Monday till printing and photoengraving Friday from 9 am till 12 pm S and from 1 pm till 4.45 pm. workshop. Resistance groups, Guided tours upon partisans and former political request (for groups prisoners during the Second World of about 15 people). Archives war considered it a duty to posterity Documentation Centre to leave testimonials and authentic Library documents used by the resistance against the Nazi invaders. Address: Rue Van Lint, 14 1070 Anderlecht Several rooms and displays are (Brussels) dedicated to civil and military Access: acts of resistance, to clandestine Metro: Gare du Midi press and to deportations. or Clemenceau Tram: 81 (stop Van Lint) Bus: 46 (stop Albert) Resistance weapons, helmets, flags, badges, emblems, armbands, uniforms, funeral Info: urns, photos, newspapers and leaflets are National Museum of displayed in the different rooms of the museum. the Resistance Rue Van Lint, 14 1070 Anderlecht One room is dedicated to the horrors of the (Brussels) Nazi concentration camps. Another room is T. +32 2 522 40 41 museum.resistance. dedicated to the Spanish Civil war 1936-1939, [email protected] the foreplay to the Second World War.

12 Photo : © Administration communale d’Anderlecht & © A Dedobbeleer 11 Museums 13 1070 Brussels Tourism Anderlecht Rue du Chapelain, 1-7 1070 Brussels T. +32 2 526 83 65 [email protected] www.anderlecht.be Facebook: Tourism Anderlecht

Many professional tourist guides propose a wide range of guided tours of Anderlecht. General or thematic tours can be coordinated with museum visits. The complete package is available on www.anderlecht.be/tourisme under the heading “visits and walks”.

All brochures are of course available upon request at Tourism Anderlecht or can be downloaded for free via www.anderlecht.be/tourisme

An initiative of the Mayor Eric Tomas, in charge of Tourism, with the support of the municipal board of Anderlecht

Information and coordination Annick Dedobbeleer Responsible

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Also available in the same collection either in French or Dutch : ★ Take a walk on the Anderlecht side (general guide available also in English)

★ Following in the footsteps of in Anderlecht Place du Conseil, 1, B-1070 Brussels Resp. Ed.: Marcel Vermeulen, ★ Following in the footsteps of Maurice Carême in Anderlecht ★ Following in the footsteps of Lismonde in Anderlecht ★ Following in the footsteps of Nadine Monfils in Anderlecht ★ Following the footsteps of Jean-Baptiste Dewin, the geometric Art Nouveau ★ Art in the subway of Anderlecht ★ Anderlecht, land of sculptures ★ The Collegiate Church of Saint Peter and Guy, step by step ★ The Town hall, step by step ★ Wall paintings in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter and Guy ★ Give us our walls! Dubrunfaut and Collier in Anderlecht ★ Graffiti in Anderlecht and the Hall of Fame ★ The historical centre of Anderlecht ★ Anderlecht, the green blue diamond of Brussels

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