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Forget dusty, boring museums. There are many to discover in Wallonia, each with its own universe, its own atmosphere. Some are vibrant, others quirky or immersive. All are incredibly welcoming, aiming at making learning fun. Exploring them is a pure delight, whether you are coming on your own, with family or friends.

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  • La Spirale: Natoye Centre for Arts and Crafts
    Natoye

    La Spirale: Natoye Centre for Arts and Crafts

    This unique art centre presents all along the year, the work of 30 local artists and artisans working wood, metal clay, stone... as well as exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
  • The Musée de la Forêt et des Eaux (Spa)
    Spa

    The Musée de la Forêt et des Eaux (Spa)

    The Forest and Waters Museum, nestled in the Domaine de Bérinzenne in Spa, reveals the many secrets of the fauna and flora of the Fagnes.
  • François Duesberg museum (Mons)
    Mons

    François Duesberg museum (Mons)

    Located in the former premises of the National Bank of Belgium, opposite the Sainte-Waudru collegiate church, this museum offers a fascinating insight in the life of French society from the reign of Louis XVI to the Restoration. Dedicated to decorative art, its collections feature quite unusual, if not rare, pieces.
  • Mons Belfry: a fascinating baroque monument
    Mons

    Mons Belfry: a fascinating baroque monument

    Discover the full beauty of Belgium's only baroque belfry by taking its panoramic lift and enjoying the view over the city.
  • Musées de la Ville d'eaux et du cheval | Spa
    Spa

    Musées de la Ville d'eaux et du cheval | Spa

    Located in the former Villa Royale, residence of the second queen of the Belgian Marie Henriette, the Museum de la Ville d'eaux unveils the history of Spa.
  • Mulum Museum - Liege's Light Museum
    Liège

    Mulum Museum - Liege's Light Museum

    The Light Museum in Liège showcases key lighting objects and mechanisms, used all over the world from prehistoric times to the 21st century.
  • Pouhon Pierre le Grand | Spa
    Spa

    Pouhon Pierre le Grand | Spa

    Pouhon Pierre le Grand, the main source of Spa and an exceptional heritage element, is home to one of the most abundant and carbonated springs in the city. Rich in iron, invigorating and loaded with mineral salts, it produces an average of 21,000 liters per day.
  • The Lobbes-Thuin historic tramway
    Thuin

    The Lobbes-Thuin historic tramway

    The Vicinal Historic Tramway Discovery Centre in Lobbes-Thuin is a museum dedicated solely to trams of all kinds: steam, electric, diesel.
  • Mons Artothèque Mons: discover what happens in museums backstage
    Mons

    Mons Artothèque Mons: discover what happens in museums backstage

    The Arthothèque reveals the hidden life of no less than 50,000 artworks, their renovations, the way they are stored and protected when not on show to the public.
  • Piconrue Museum | Bastogne
    Maison des Légendes room within the Musée de la Grande Ardenne
    Bastogne

    Piconrue Museum | Bastogne

    These two museums, at the very heart of Bastogne, will reveal the magic of the Ardenne traditions and culture, from the ethnographic heritage to religious craft.
  • The Domaine de Bérinzenne and the Maison de la Nature (Spa)
    Spa

    The Domaine de Bérinzenne and the Maison de la Nature (Spa)

    Nestled at the heart of the forests near Spa, by the Fagne de Malchamps, this estate opens its spaces to the public: a panoramic tower, a tree planted park with a pond and picnic area. It is also home to the Musée de la Forêt et des Eaux and to the CRIE.
  • Mundaneum de Mons | Centre d'archives et espace muséal
    Come and learn about the world at the Mudaneum in Mons
    Mons

    Mundaneum de Mons | Centre d'archives et espace muséal

    The Mundaneum is an exceptional archive centre and exhibition space in Mons, known to hold 12 million bibliographic records. Le Monde describes it as the Paper Google and the New York Times as The Web Time Forgot.
  • The Godefroid de Bouillon Archéoscope
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Bouillon

    The Godefroid de Bouillon Archéoscope

    The Archéoscope Godefroid de Bouillon will take you onto an incredible immersive journey: the history of the very first crusade...
  • Le Grand Curtius: a fascinating museum complex in Liège
    Front view of the façade of the Grand Curtius in Liege
    Liège

    Le Grand Curtius: a fascinating museum complex in Liège

    Le Grand Curtius collections, which stretch over 5,000 m² combine several museums and retrace 7,000 years of Liège history. Located along the Meuse, this complex includes buildings from the 16th to the 21st century, all beautifully renovated.
  • Stavelot Abbey: an centre of culture in the province of Liège
    Stavelot

    Stavelot Abbey: an centre of culture in the province of Liège

    Stavelot Abbey, a Benedictine abbey funded in 651, is a fascinating historical site featuring 3 amazing museums and archaeological  finds, each taking you on amazing cultural journeys.
  • The Celtic Museum in Libramont: a fascinating journey through time
    Libramont

    The Celtic Museum in Libramont: a fascinating journey through time

    Travel back to a distant past, to Celtic time. The Musée des Celtes de Libramont will teach you about their daily life, beliefs and society structure through the rich archaeological heritage they left behind: dishes, tools, jewels... Conclude your journey with a didactic walk through the Bonance forest reserve.
  • The Espace Gallo-Romain in Ath and its remarkably preserved vessels
    Ath

    The Espace Gallo-Romain in Ath and its remarkably preserved vessels

    The boats and archaeological artefacts presented at the Espace Gallo-romain are the results of an exceptional discovery made in Pommeroeul in 1975. Join us on a journey through time to learn more about the Romans in Ath.
  • CoSMos | The salmon's odyssey in Erezée
    RIVEO aquarium
    Érezée

    CoSMos | The salmon's odyssey in Erezée

    Once quite abundant in the Ourthe, salmon had in 1935 entirely disappeared from our waterways. A passionate team is now working at reintroducing the species back into our rivers. Discover this fascinating odyssey in Erezée, just 10 km from RIVEO (Hotton)
  • RIVEO: the River Interpretative Centre in Hotton
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Hotton

    RIVEO: the River Interpretative Centre in Hotton

    Located in the province of Luxembourg, between Durbuy and La Roche, the RIVEO Interpretative Centre features unexpected finds, all themed around rivers and their biodiversity.
  • Le CID au Grand-Hornu | Centre d'Innovation et de Design
    Come visit the historical site of Grand Hornu, A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012
    Hornu

    Le CID au Grand-Hornu | Centre d'Innovation et de Design

    Take a former coal mine, get it listed by UNESCO as World Heritage and you get the CID of the Grand Hornu: an innovation and design centre, featuring temporary exhibitions on design, applied art and contemporary art.
  • Tour Burbant, a medieval dungeon in Ath
    Ath

    Tour Burbant, a medieval dungeon in Ath

    From the Château d’Ath, in the historic centre of the city of giants, remains a fortified dungeon dating back to the 12th century.
  • Maison de la Science | Liège
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Liège

    Maison de la Science | Liège

    The Maison de la Science is the perfect place for those who love science and want to share it with their children. Expert science facilitators, interactive and surprising activities, educational workshops, artefacts from the university's collection...
  • CRIE | Saint-Michel
    Saint-Hubert

    CRIE | Saint-Michel

    The CRIE (Centre Régional d'Initiation à l'Environnement du fourneau Saint-Michel) invites to to learn more about this extraordinary site, located in a forest massif.
  • Paysalia: the Paysage de la Lorraine gaumaise interpretative centre
    Florenville

    Paysalia: the Paysage de la Lorraine gaumaise interpretative centre

    The Paysage de la Lorraine gaumaise interpretative centre offers the chance to discover its fascinating region, rich in cultural heritage.
  • Trinkhall Museum: an art museum in Liège
    Liège

    Trinkhall Museum: an art museum in Liège

    The Trinkhall Museum invites you, through its permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, to discover the incredible pieces created from mentally disabled artists.
  • Maison des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (Obourg)
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Mons

    Maison des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (Obourg)

    The Maison des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, in Obourg, aims at raising the public's awareness of natural and environmental science.
  • 101st Airborne Museum
    Bastogne

    101st Airborne Museum

    In the heart of Bastogne, this museum features a rich collection of objects from the Second World War, the Battle of the Bulge...
  • NEM - Nature Extraordinary Museum | Chevetogne interpretation centre
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Chevetogne

    NEM - Nature Extraordinary Museum | Chevetogne interpretation centre

    The NEM (Nature Extraordinary Museum),Chevetogne Park Interpretation Centre, helps visitors them understand the link between man and nature.
  • Puppet Museum
    Tournai

    Puppet Museum

    The Puppet Centre of Tournai invites you to discover the art of puppetry in all its forms ....
  • Musée de la 1ere Armée Française
    Cortil-Noirmont

    Musée de la 1ere Armée Française

    Assembled by private collectors, this museum provides an overview of the deployment of the Belgian, French and British armed forces as part of the Dyle plan, with a large collection of weapons, maps and documents. The displays underline the importance of the battle of Gembloux, emphasising the sacrifice of the French a
  • The Victor's Museum fascinating collection of vintage vespas and radios
    Gouvy

    The Victor's Museum fascinating collection of vintage vespas and radios

    Victor Trembloy simply is passionate about old radios: there are over 400 to see in this museum, all functioning perfectly. There is more: 78 and 33 vinyl records, vintage vespas and vehicles. Lovers of yesteryear will adore this museum.
  • Discover Thuin and its boat making history at the Thudo Ecomuseum
    Thuin

    Discover Thuin and its boat making history at the Thudo Ecomuseum

    Thuin, once a boatmen's town, reveals part of its history to visitors. Step on board this narrowboat-museum, anchored by the Quai de Sambre and discover what the daily waterway life used to be like in the region.
  • Liège Saint-Barthélemy collegiate church
    Place Saint-Barthélemy in Liège and its collegiate church in Belgium
    Liège

    Liège Saint-Barthélemy collegiate church

    Discover the oldest religious building in Liège: the Saint-Barthélemy Collegiate Church . Located in the center of Liège, a few steps from the Meuse river, this amazing century building can be visited any day of the week.
  • The stone and quarry museum in Maffle
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Maffle

    The stone and quarry museum in Maffle

    Blue stone has been cut and sculpted in Maffle since the Middle Ages: both a skill and an art... Want to know more? This museum will tell you all about this industry both locally and in Europe. The building, right in in the former quarries, used used to be one of the site's managers home.
  • Maison et jardin des plantes médicinales | Flobecq, Pays des Collines
    Flobecq

    Maison et jardin des plantes médicinales | Flobecq, Pays des Collines

    La Maison des Plantes médicinales, nestled in a former school in Flobecq, retraces the story of healing plants through time.
  • The Recht slate quarry
    Recht

    The Recht slate quarry

    In this spectacular quarry, visitors can admire the impressively high rooms where the local Recht slate was mined. The 800 m long trail includes an observation bridge offering a memorable panorama on the site.
  • Saint Paul’s Cathedral (Liège)
    Low-angled view of the top of Saint-Paul's Cathedral in Liège with a flowering tree
    Liège

    Saint Paul’s Cathedral (Liège)

    Built in the 10th century, Saint Paul collegiate church will be upgraded to the rank of cathedral in the 19th century, following the destruction of Saint Lambert cathedral during the French revolution.
  • La Maison du Pays de Salm (Vielsalm)
    Vielsalm

    La Maison du Pays de Salm (Vielsalm)

    The Maison du Pays de Salm presents the history, geology, and folklore of Vielsalm. Visitors will learn of the famous Counts of Salm, the mysterious Macralles, the fascinating galleries of schist and coticule Strange name for a stone... Interestingly, they were used to sharpen tools.
  • Pierre-Joseph Redouté museum
    Saint-Hubert

    Pierre-Joseph Redouté museum

    The Museum cultivates the memory of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, known worldwide for its paintings of roses. The site was built in front of where the artist's house, destroyed during WW2, once stood.
  • The mining site of Plombières and its nature reserve
    Plombières

    The mining site of Plombières and its nature reserve

    The former mining site of Plombières is now a nature reserve characterised by the presence of calamine grasslands. Growing there is a special flora linked to the concentration of zinc and other heavy metals in the substratum, of which the calamine pansy is the most representative.
  • Montauban: nature, history and contemporary art
    Etalle

    Montauban: nature, history and contemporary art

    The site is divided into two sections. The bottom one is a real green haven: its streams helped local industries to develop in the past. The upper side includes the lapidary museum, a surprising construction.
  • MAISON DE L'EAU
    Verviers

    MAISON DE L'EAU

    Situated in the former Bonvoisin textile factory, the last existing proto-factory, the interpretive centre all about water is interactive and dynamic ...
  • Musée Grétry (Liège)
    Liège

    Musée Grétry (Liège)

    This museum, dedicated to André-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813), a master of comic opera, is located in his native home. Paintings, miniatures sculptures, engravings, personal objects... give a fantastic insight into this musician's Liège. 
  • TAMAT: Tournai contemporary centre for textile arts
    Tournai

    TAMAT: Tournai contemporary centre for textile arts

    The historic town of Tournai is home to TAMAT, the Centre for Tapestry, Wall Arts and Textile Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
  • Musée de la rubanerie in Comines
    Comines

    Musée de la rubanerie in Comines

    The Museum of Ribbon, in the town of Comines (Belgium), traces the history of the ribbon industry since the 13th century.
  • Mons Regional Natural Science Museum
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Mons

    Mons Regional Natural Science Museum

    Mons Regional Natural Science Museum is a free museum sure to satisfy your thirst for knowledge.
  • The 1940 French Cavalry Corps museum
    Orp-Jauche

    The 1940 French Cavalry Corps museum

    Led by General Blanchard, General Prioux' regiment was tasked to help organise the First Army. This event, which took place in May 1940, was the first WW2 battle with tanks.
  • IKOB - A Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen
    Facade of the IKOB Museum
    Eupen

    IKOB - A Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen

    In Eupen, the famous European crossroad, visitors can explore IKOB, a Museum of Contemporary Art used as an exhibition and discussion space.