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Groeninge Museum
The Groeninge Museum is also known as the “City Museum of Fine Arts”. Its beginnings date back to the 18th century, although the building in which in is hosted is from 1929 - 1930. The name of the museum derives from the “Groeninge straat” close by but might also go back to the Groeninge fields in Kortrijk (Courtrai) where the Flemish defeated the army of the French king. The museum exhibits a broad selection of art that spans several centuries (14th ß 20th century) and focuses mainly on artists that lived and worked in Bruges. A rich collection of paintings are the pride of the museum including ''Death of the Holy Virgin'' by Hugo van der Goes, ''The altar of Saint Christopher'' by Hans Memling, ''The Justice of King Cambyses'' and ''The baptism of Christ'' by Gerard David. Renaissance and Baroque paintings come from painters such as: Jan Provoost, Lanceloot Blondeel, Adriaan Isenbrant and Pieter Pourbus. But also some classical 19th century artists and some expressionists have their place over here.
Opening times:
Tues – Sun 9.30 am – 5 pm
Closed on 1. January, Ascension Day and 25. Nov
Entrance prices:
Adults: € 8, Reductions: € 5 ( groups of min 15 people, children between 13 and 26 as well as seniors 60+), children under 13 are free of charge
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Dijver 12
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32(0)50 448743
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Gruuthuse Museum
The Gruuthuse Museum is located in the „House of Gruuthuse“ which belonged in the middle ages to the family Van Brugghe-van der Aa, a.k.a the lords of “Gruuthuse”. The name is a composition of the two words “Gruyt” and “huse”. “Gruyt” is a special herbal mix that was used by families who brew their own beer to give a certain taste or aroma to the beer. The tax paid for that herbal mix was paid in the “House of Gruuthuse” and the family owned the monopoly on the “Gruyt”. Today the house hosts an exhibition of antiques and several art collections. In 1865 the “Archaeological Society” of Bruges started the collection which was expanded and acquired in 1955 by the city Bruges. The collections include sculpture art, furniture, silver ware, metal ware, ceramics and textiles.
Opening times:
Tues - Sun 9.30 am – 5 pm
Entrance prices:
Adults € 6, Reductions: € 5(audio guide and ticket Bruggemuseum-Welcome Church of Our Lady included in the entrance), children under 13 are free of charge
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Dijver 17
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32 (0) 50 448711
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Memling Museum
This museum is dedicated to the painter Hans Memling (1435/40 ? – 1494), who was born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt, and became one of the most important “Flemish primitives”. He was influenced mainly by the painting scholl of Cologne and by the painter Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels. The Memling Museum is part of the St. John’s Hospital complex where the old hospital infirmary and the old pharmacy can be visited. In the former chapel six paintings of Memling are exposed. One of the masterpieces is the Shrine of St. Ursula, a wooden shrine where the relics of St. Ursula are kept. The other masterpiece is the ''Altarpiece of Saint-John the Baptist and Saint-John the Evangelist'' from 1479 which was painted for the main altar of the hospital’s church. The four other works are smaller, but certainly not less in value. There are two more religious triptychs: “The adoration of the Magi” made in 1479 and “The lamentation of Christ” from 1480.
Opening times:
Tues – Sun 9.30 am – 5 pm
Entrance prices:
Adults: € 8, Reductions: € 6(audio guide and ticket to Museum Lady of the Pottery included in the entrance), children under 13 are free of charge
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Mariastraat 38
8000
Bruges
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The Archaeological Museum
This museum houses a wide range of old materials that were discovered during excavation in Bruges including pottery, glass, leather, metal, stone and wooden items and some murals. The exhibition covers the city’s history from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages.
Opening times:
Tues – Sun 9.30 am – 12.30 am and 1 pm – 5 pm
Entrance prices:
Adults: € 2, Reduction: € 1,50, children under 13 are free of charge
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Mariastraat 36a
8000
Bruges
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Diamond Museum
The Diamond Museum in Bruges is one of the 5 Diamond Museums in the world. The art of Diamond polishing was invented in Bruges in the 15th century by a goldsmith called Lodewijk van Berquem. The museum provides a great insight into the world of diamonds and displays a number of unique objects like the interior of the imaginary workshop of Lodewijk van Berquem, a rare replica of the crown of Margaret of York which was handmade in Bruges, different manufacturing tools, thousands of real diamonds and many other things related to the diamond manufacturing. Every day at 12.15, a polishing demonstration is carried out by a diamond polisher in the museum''s extraordinary diamond polishing workshop, established in the restored basement which dates from the Middle Ages.
Opening times:
Daily from 10.30 am - 5.30 pm
Entrance prices:
Adult: € 6, Groups up to 25 people: € 5
Museum + Demonstration: Adults: € 9, Groups up to 25 people: € 7,50
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Katelijnestraat 43
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32 (0)50 342056
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Choco-Story
The chocolate museum is a delight for all chocolate lovers. Here it is possible to view different chocolate objects, find out how chocolate truffles, hollow chocolate figures and bars of chocolate are made and get an insight into the broad library which includes many books about the history of chocolate and cacao from the Mexican world of the Mayas to the Aztecs for whom chocolate was the drink of the gods and cocoa beans a means of payment.
Opening times:
Daily 10 am – 5 pm
Closed 24., 25. and 31. December, 1. January and 8. – 19. January
Entrance prices:
Adults: € 6, Groups, senior 65+ and students: € 5, Children from 6 – 12: € 4, Children under 6: free
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Sint-Jansstraat 7b
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32 (0)50 612237
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The Brewery "De Halve Maan"
The “De halve Maan” brewery started 1856 and today it is the only family brewery in Bruges that is still active. Situated in the heart of the historical town of Bruges the brewery displays the cooking and brewing cauldron, the cooler and the malt store which were used for the brewing of the “Straffe Hendrik”, a special beer that is slightly stronger than usual sorts of beer. The tradition of beer brewing goes back several generations. Today the present owner of the brewery developed a new beer called the “Brugse Zot” which is the only beer really brewed in the town centre of Bruges. A visit of the brewery includes the tasting of homemade beer.
Opening times:
April – Sep: Daily 10 am – 5 pm
Oct – March: Daily 11 am – 3 pm
Or by arrangement with a min of 15 people
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Walplein 26
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32 (0)50 332697
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The Beguine''s House Museum
The Beguine Museum is located in the Begijnhof or Beguinage in Bruge. Since 1928 it is a real monastery with Benedictine sisters. Before, however, the houses were used by monastery-like communities (beguiages) that lived in a kind of religious way but without making the vows real nuns had to make when entering a monastery. One of the houses in the Beijnhof has been transformed into a museum where visitors can get an idea how the beguines lived here since the 13th century. The museum shows a kitchen with a “Leuvense Stoof''”, a special oven used the Belgians. Other typical 18th century furniture and decoration material can be seen in the bedroom and the dining room.
Opening times:
Mon – Sun 10 am - 12 am & 1.45 pm – 5 pm
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Begijnhof - Wijngaardstraat
8000
Bruges
Tel: +32 (0)50 44 87 23
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The Brangwyn Museum
Th Arents House as the Brangwyn Museum is also called is a 18th century townhouse with a coach house and a picturesque garden. In the coach house old carriages and sledges are exhibited while the Arents House itself is home to the Lace Museum with an extensive and varied collection of old needlepoint, bobbin and mixed lace. Most of the examples were produced by Flemish lace-making centres like Bruges and Brussels or France and Venice.
The first floor of the building is given over to the work of Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), a versatile artist of British nationality, but born in Bruges. His Art Nouveau and Art Deco carpets, pottery and furniture are grouped thematically, as are his engravings, watercolours, drawings and paintings.
Opening times:
Tues – Sun 9.30 – 5 pm
Entrance prices:
Adults: € 3, Reductions € 2,50, children under 13 are free of charge
Combination ticket with the Groeninge Museum and Forum+: Adults: € 8, Reduction € 6
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Dijver, 16
8000
Bruges
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Other museums
Museum Lady of the Potterie: Potterierei, 79 - 8000 Bruges
The Folklore Museum: Rolweg, 40 8000 Bruges
The Guido Gezelle Museum: Rolweg, 64 8000 Bruges
The St. Janshuis Mill: Kruisvest - 8000 Bruges
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