The Maison de Jules Verne (Jules Verne House) in Amiens is not just interesting for fans of the author’s many works, but also for people who love architecture and/or steampunk. Even if you have never read one of Verne’s books, or seen any of the movie adaptations, it’s still worth the ticket price. Continue reading “Maison de Jules Verne”
Exhibits
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
There are two grand Harry Potter exhibits: the one in London, that stays in the same spot, and this one, which travels the world. Now the second one has come to Belgium, traveling here from its previous run in Shanghai, where it is taking up residence over the summer in Palace 2 of the Brussels Expo. Continue reading “Harry Potter: The Exhibition”
Game Changers
Game Changers, the Antwerp fashion museum’s (MoMu for short) current main exhibit, focuses on the evolution of the twentieth-century silhouette in high fashion. On top of that it collaborates with UNIQLO for the UNIQLO MOMU SUNDAYS, allowing free entry for everyone on every first Sunday of the month. Continue reading “Game Changers”
Jazz Age
The fashion museum of Hasselt, Belgium, has once again delighted fans of vintage fashion with this exhibit, Jazz Age, covering the rise and height of the Roaring Twenties as well as the end of the era where the 1930s start to sneak in. Continue reading “Jazz Age”
Sarcophagi: Under the Stars of Nut
As the title suggests, Sarcophagi: Under the Stars of Nut focuses on the burial rites and graves of Ancient Egypt. Continue reading “Sarcophagi: Under the Stars of Nut”
Djehutihotep
The secondary Egypt exhibit at the Cinquantenaire Museum is accessible on both a Sarcophagi and a general-admission ticket and is located on the top floor of the museum.
While their Egypt collection is amazing in its own right, displaying many pieces you won’t see anywhere else, it is treated a bit like the unfavored stepchild. Everything else is beautifully presented, yet these are all simple displays and often the lighting is bad, which is a shame. Some pieces have also been moved (possibly to Sarcophagi), leaving ugly empty gaps. Continue reading “Djehutihotep”
Drawing the City
Museum Plantin-Moretus, the gorgeous book-printing museum in the heart of Antwerp’s old town, is known to put on a good exhibit. Drawing the City is no different. Continue reading “Drawing the City”
Da Vinci: The Genius
This particular exhibit of Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and work has visited a great many of cities before, delighting fans of both Da Vinci himself, science and clockpunk around the globe, before taking its current stop in the capital of Belgium.
The exhibit has been very well set up. They start by explaining the purpose of the exhibit as well as the reason for the use of the replicas on display. I’m sure that some will be bothered by the use of copies, but, to be honest, it is so well put together that no one should let the lack of originals get to them. Continue reading “Da Vinci: The Genius”