Top Things to do in West Flanders Province
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The 10 Best Art Museums in West Flanders Province, Flanders
Discover the best top things to do in West Flanders Province, Belgium including 3D Museum Brugge, Stichting IJsberg, Groeningemuseum, Museum Paul Delvaux, Permeke Museum, Gruuthusemuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, James Ensor House (James Ensorhuis), Mu.ZEE, Site Oud Sint-Jan.
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1. 3D Museum Brugge
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 89 reviews
Minimum Age 16 years - Explicit Content - Parental Advisory - With just water and gypsum, artists from around the world, create the masterpaintings of Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and Jheronimus Bosch in relief. 22 tons of gypsum displays 700 sqm of sculptures, transformed in 60 days by 40 artists from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Ukrain, Poland, USA and Australia. Unique in the world, mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records 2020.
Reviewed By M2057XOkateh - Bognor Regis, United Kingdom
A truly original way of looking at art. This museum takes artworks makes them 3D and then explains them via a brilliant audio commentary. Adults only, not suitable for under 12's, totally excellent.
2. Stichting IJsberg
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
The IJsberg Foundation is a literary organization, a workplace and a presentation platform that organizes fascinating and refreshing activities with language and image as the common thread. The foundation prepares experience projects and presentations in its buildings, with partners or in public spaces.
3. Groeningemuseum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,641 reviews
The Groeninge Museum provides a varied overview of the history of Belgian visual art, with as highlight the world-renowned Flemish primitives. In this museum you can see, amongst other masterpieces, The Virgin and Child with Canon Van der Paele by Jan van Eyck and the Moreel Triptych by Hans Memling. You will also marvel at the top 18th and 19th-century neoclassical pieces, masterpieces of Flemish Expressionism and post-war modern art.
Reviewed By Aimee_Norfolk - Norwich, United Kingdom
We spent hours in here staring at beautiful medieval Flemish art, and we could have stayed longer. Luckily the museum provides folding stools which you can help yourself to and take with you around the museum, so you can stare at the paintings in full comfort. The audio guide is also a must, and it's included in the ticket price. As well as the famous Flemish primitives such as Memling and Van Eyck (which I found mesmerising), there is artwork from many centuries right up to expressionists and cubists. Large bags and rucksacks have to be left in the cloakroom at the entrance, although lockers are provided for free.
4. Museum Paul Delvaux
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 214 reviews
Reviewed By Sixtine96 - London, United Kingdom
We were fortunate to have one of the ladies working for the museum giving us insights on the frescoes Paul Delvaux created for the Périer House. Reproductions are part of a temporary exhibition. Fascinating story about the vision of an art lover, Mr Périer, immortalised with his wife and daughter on the frescoes. The Périer House is still in private hands. The museum gives you a good idea how the house looked after Delvaux finished his master piece. The permanent collection shows the artist’works from his early beginnings until 1989 when he stopped painting following the death of his wife and declining vision. Beautiful love story. Love defying time and old promises. Well laid out museum.
5. Permeke Museum
6. Gruuthusemuseum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 152 reviews
Temporary closed until Autumn '18
Reviewed By Aimee_Norfolk - Norwich, United Kingdom
Really interesting museum in a beautiful medieval house, which really is an attraction in its own right. The museum covers social history in Bruges from the middle ages to the 19th century, with displays including manuscripts, paintings, costumes and other artefacts. The audio guide is included in the ticket price and available in several languages, and the displays have information in English, French and Dutch. The museum is huge though, covering sever floors, so be prepared to dedicate several hours to see everything properly!
7. Sint-Janshospitaal
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,324 reviews
Sint-Janshospitaal owns six masterpieces by the Flemish primitive artist Hans Memling, as well as many religious paintings and sculptures. Objects of applied art, such as furniture, silverwork, medical instruments, reliquaries, archive documents, and apothecary pots reflect 800 years of care. Sint-Janshospitaal is one of the oldest preserved hospital buildings in Europe. In the museum, you can learn more about hospital life in the past and how the wards would have looked then. Furniture, paintings, sculptures, silverware, and pewterware are the silent witnesses of the care for bodies and souls that took place in this hospital through the centuries. The building’s supporting framework is also unique and is one of the oldest and largest in Europe. The old apothecary’s and herb garden is also well worth a visit. In the hospital chapel, the focus is all on the work of the most famous of the Flemish Primitives: Hans Memling. This painter lived and worked in Bruges in the 15th century and created his most important masterpieces here, including the famous Shrine of St Ursula, which was painted specifically for Sint-Janshospitaal.
Reviewed By Bubbles73uk - Weedon Bec, United Kingdom
Visited Sint-Janshospitaal, also known as St. John's Hospital, & discovered it is one of the oldest hospitals in Europe. It actually looks a bit like a church & it functioned as a hospital from the 12th-19th centuries. Many nuns & monks worked here to help the sick with various medical instruments & modern techniques of the time. You can view these artifacts in the hospital's museum. This museum is located in the hospital's old infirmary & features ancient furniture, silverware, & medical instruments you can view. You can also look at a few paintings by Hans Memling such as the Shrine of St. Ursula. After visiting the museum, you can also look go to its herb garden & the Diksmuide attic.
8. James Ensor House (James Ensorhuis)
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 164 reviews
Reviewed By stevenenhilde - Antwerp, Belgium
The museum has 3 parts: the experience center ... Ensor the essentials by audio guide. The second part is the old house of the painter. Well conservated. The third part is a small exposition room with temporary expositions.
9. Mu.ZEE
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 240 reviews
Mu.ZEE is het kunstmuseum aan zee voor Belgische kunst met een maximale openheid en toegankelijkheid. Mu.ZEE creeert een actieve ruimte voor publiek en kunstenaars waar op een ongedwongen, vrije en creatieve manier met kunst kan omgegaan worden
Reviewed By Erin188569 - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
We went primarily to see the Ensor and Spillaert exhibition, and that was absolutely worth the visit. We bought a combi-ticket (12 euros for an adult) that included the permanent collection, and that had a wonderful range of modern Belgian art, including a mini-exhibition on the short films of Raoul Servais. It's quite varied, and very good if you like contemporary art.
10. Site Oud Sint-Jan
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 143 reviews
Reviewed By annafromlondon - London, United Kingdom
Having walked past Oud Sint- Jan several times, I decided to investigate and was so pleased to learn that the newly reopened Expo Centre was showing a selection of Picasso's work. The building and grounds are lovely. Had it not been such a cold day, we'd have liked to sit in the charming garden for a while! The Expo Centre is so well aid out; one can follow the layout, walk from room to room and admire the paintings/ drawings without having to rush , or feeling hemmed in by too many visitors. The Picasso exhibition was excellent; well worth the entrance fee. We were especially pleased as the centre has only just reopened after renovations; wouldn't like to have missed this exhibition. I'd recommend the centre for art and/or architecture lovers.
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