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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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  • The Vieille Montagne museum in La Calamine
    Kelmis

    The Vieille Montagne museum in La Calamine

    Nestled in a stunning Art Deco building, the Musée Vieille Montagne focuses on the political, industrial and social history of the Moresnet-Neutre region, known for mining calamine (a mix of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide).
  • Harchies marshes
    Harchies

    Harchies marshes

    The Harchies marchies, in the Hainaut, are wetlands of ornithological interest. This nature space offers one of the most diverse flora in Wallonia.
  • The Musée des Chasseurs à Pied, a military museum in Charleroi
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Charleroi

    The Musée des Chasseurs à Pied, a military museum in Charleroi

    This large building is quite noticeable when exploring Charleroi. A former barrack for infantry, Trésignie now is home to a museum dedicated to the brave regiment of the Chasseurs à Pied.
  • MAGMA:marble museum in Sivry-Rance
    Rance

    MAGMA:marble museum in Sivry-Rance

    Discover the fascinating history of marble in this recently renovated museum, located in Rance.
  • La Maison de l'Imprimerie et des Lettres de Wallonie in Thuin
    Thuin

    La Maison de l'Imprimerie et des Lettres de Wallonie in Thuin

    La Maison de l'Imprimerie, an active technical museum dedicated to the paper trades, is home to a large collection of printing equipment. Come and learn more about this fasrimerie, a technical museum in activity dedicated to the paper trades, houses an important collection of printing equipment ....
  • The Musée de la route: an original theme and scenography
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Welkenraedt

    The Musée de la route: an original theme and scenography

    The Musée de la route (road museum) retraces the evolution of road surfaces through time, with quite an unexpected scenography!
  • The 'Battle of the Ardennes' Museum
    La Roche-en-Ardenne

    The 'Battle of the Ardennes' Museum

    The Battle of the Bulge Museum's impressive collections, spread over 3 floors, are fully dedicated to the history of the Second World War.
  • 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. 
  • Liège Tchantchès Museum
    Liège

    Liège Tchantchès Museum

    This museum is dedicated to Tchanthès, Liège's traditional puppets... Its collections also highlight the history and traditions of the Outre Meuse region.
  • The Belgian Commando Battalions museum in Flawinne
    Flawinne

    The Belgian Commando Battalions museum in Flawinne

    The Commando Museum in Flawinne retraces the story this Belgian elite fighting force, from its creation in 1942 to today. Visitors can learn about the many military campaigns the soldiers took part in and see the equipment, weapons and vehicles used by the battalions.
  • MaquiStory | Historial de la Résistance et de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale
    Silly

    MaquiStory | Historial de la Résistance et de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale

    In the heart of the village of Saint-Marcoult, the site of the Resistance of the Second World War, you'll discover the MaquiStory museum.
  • Herba Sana, a garden of medicinal plants in Elsenborn
    Découvrez Herba Sana, jardin des plantes médicinales à visiter, Elsenborn
    Elsenborn

    Herba Sana, a garden of medicinal plants in Elsenborn

    Located in the Hautes Fagnes, in the heart of the Ardennes, Herba Sana offers you to discover the medicinal plants and their virtues.
  • The Général Jacques museum in Vielsalm, dedicated to the Great War
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Vielsalm

    The Général Jacques museum in Vielsalm, dedicated to the Great War

    The museum, just 5 minutes from Vielsalm, is dedicated to Baron Jacques of Dixmude (known as Général Jacques), a military hero in the Great War.
  • La Grange aux Potiers> the Dubois pottery and its museum (Bouffioulx)
    Bouffioulx

    La Grange aux Potiers> the Dubois pottery and its museum (Bouffioulx)

    Nestled in a farm, at the heart of the village of Bouffioulx,the Dubois pottery reveals to visitors the skills of creating glazed pieces from the local sandstone (internationally famous), an art which started in medieval times in this region andis still kept alive.
  • La Maison de la Pataphonie: a dream world where music comes to life
    Dinant

    La Maison de la Pataphonie: a dream world where music comes to life

    Sounds and texture meet in La Maison de la Pataphonie. Here, daily objects turn into musical instruments thus allowing visitors to become artists and compose their very own symphony...
  • Huy town museum
    Huy

    Huy town museum

    The former Friars Minor convent in Huy, beautifully renovated in a Mosan style in the 17th century, is now home ot the town museum, retracing local history from prehistoric times to modern days.
  • MiaBW: an archaeological museum and interpretation centre in Hélécine
    Hélécine

    MiaBW: an archaeological museum and interpretation centre in Hélécine

    MiaBW is an archaeological museum and interpretation centre in the Walloon Brabant Province. Nestled in a gorgeous nature site, its galleries offer an interactive and playful way to discover the rich heritage of the region, from Prehistoric times to the Roman conquest.
  • Cristal Discovery at the Château du Val Saint Lambert (Seraing)
    Building of the Crystal Discovery Museum at the Château du Val Saint Lambert in Seraing
    Seraing

    Cristal Discovery at the Château du Val Saint Lambert (Seraing)

    Come and discover the secular history of the Val Saint Lambert site, as well as the glass work techniques used in the old Cistercian abbey.
  • 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.
  • Become an archeologist at the Gallo Roman Villa in Mageroy
    Habay-la-Vieille

    Become an archeologist at the Gallo Roman Villa in Mageroy

    Mageroy is one of the very rare archaeological sites to remain open to the public throughout the year while excavations are still taking place. Even better, visitors can join scientists and help with the digs.
  • 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.
  • The museums of the Latour village
    Latour

    The museums of the Latour village

    Latour may look like a peaceful little village in the Pays de Gaume, proud of an exceptional cultural heritage. The first and second world war scarred it deeply, as its cultural spaces will reveal. This charming location is well worth a detour.
  • Bulge Relics Museum
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Vielsalm

    Bulge Relics Museum

    Just 7 km from the centre of Vielsalm, this museum exhibiting relics from the Battle of the Bulge was put together by a passionate family.
  • Musée de Folklore vie Frontalière - MUSEF | Mouscron
    Mouscron

    Musée de Folklore vie Frontalière - MUSEF | Mouscron

    Located in the Province of Hainaut (within easy reach of both Flanders an France), the Musée de Folklore de Mouscron (MUSEF) reveals life along the borders between 1850 and 1950: reconstructions of typical interiors, rich themed collection and artisanal work.
  • Le Nid - A smarter, sustainable Namur
    Namur

    Le Nid - A smarter, sustainable Namur

    Visit NID, a space addressing citizens and questioning the role of towns in the present and future things.
  • Visit the Fort of Flémalle, witness of two world wars
    Flémalle

    Visit the Fort of Flémalle, witness of two world wars

    The Fort of Flémalle, a few kilometres from Liège, was witness to fierce fighting during the first and second world war. The building, now open to visitors, reveals the daily life of the soldiers stationed there and its tragic history.
  • Musée du Souvenir 40/45: a WW2 memorial space in Perwez
    Perwez

    Musée du Souvenir 40/45: a WW2 memorial space in Perwez

    The Musée du Souvenir 40-45, created by history lovers, will immerse you in the Second World War and tell you what happened in the Walloon Brabant region.
  • Centre de Culture Scientifique de l'ULB in Brussels
    Charleroi

    Centre de Culture Scientifique de l'ULB in Brussels

    The Centre or Scientific Culture of the ULB is located on the Parentville Campus in Charleroi. Its mission is to promote scientific culture ....
  • Stone interpration centre | Sprimont
    View of the indoor room of the Centre d'interprétation de la pierre in Sprimont
    Sprimont

    Stone interpration centre | Sprimont

    Nestled in the former Sprimont quarries, this interpretative centre offers a full immersion in the world of fossils and minerals.
  • Namur Museum of Ancient Arts & Oignies Treasure
    Facade of the Museum of Ancient Arts in Namur
    Namur

    Namur Museum of Ancient Arts & Oignies Treasure

    Located in a listed 18th century patrician hotel, the museum displays works of art from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance from the Namur region.
  • In this extra-ordinary museum dedicated to phones, the oldest model dates back to 1890
    Petitvoir

    In this extra-ordinary museum dedicated to phones, the oldest model dates back to 1890

    Emile Thinès, owner and founder of the Telephone museum, used to work in a telephone company. After having collected, for over 20 years, a wide range of phones, he decided to share his passion and put them on show.
  • Centre d'interprétation d'Art de l'Ecole (Vresse)
    Vresse-sur-Semois

    Centre d'interprétation d'Art de l'Ecole (Vresse)

    Located in the village of Vresse-sur-Sémois (Ardenne), the Centre d’Interprétation d’Art de l’École de Vresse features 200 artworks.
  • The Corbion tobacco museum
    Dried tobacco leaves collected on the ground before passing through the grinder
    Corbion

    The Corbion tobacco museum

    This workshop-museum, with its warm, comforting tobacco smell, is the perfect place to discover this 19th century profession: preparing what the herb called Nicotina, a plant that grew easily on poor, acidic soil such as he Ardenne's. The manufacture, still in activity today, seduces by its insight into another century
  • Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de Visé
    Visé

    Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de Visé

    Travel from Prehistoric to modern times thanks to the collections and animations of the Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de Visé, Province of Liège.
  • 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 ...
  • Pays des collines Eco Museum in La Hamaide
    Ellezelles

    Pays des collines Eco Museum in La Hamaide

    The Pays des Collines Eco Museum, with its intergenerational game, are sure to delight parents and children alike...
  • Les Bateliers: a museum complex in Namur
    Façade of Namur Decorative Arts Museum
    Namur

    Les Bateliers: a museum complex in Namur

    Les Bateliers, a cultural complex in Namur, is home to the Museum of Decorative Arts  and will, in time, welcome the Archaeological Museum
  • The Centre Ardenne observatory in Grapfontaine
    Grapfontaine

    The Centre Ardenne observatory in Grapfontaine

    The Centre Ardenne observatory, in Neufchâteau, opens its doors to everyone: those discovering stars and the universe as well as professionals wishing to analyse space a little further.
  • 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.
  • Museum 40-44 Lieutenant Cook in Monceau-Imbrechies
    Monument in memory of the first American soldiers killed on Belgian soil during the Liberation on September 2, 1944
    Monceau-Imbrechies

    Museum 40-44 Lieutenant Cook in Monceau-Imbrechies

    Immerse yourself in the world of the Second World War and visit the stable where the first American officer, Lieutenant Cook, died during the Liberation of Belgium.
  • 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.
  • Félicien Rops Museum in Namur, dedicated to the Belgian painter
    Family holidays in Wallonia. An experience to share with your children at the Félicien Rops Museum in Namur
    Namur

    Félicien Rops Museum in Namur, dedicated to the Belgian painter

    This exceptional museum, at the heart of the historical quarters of Namur, dedicates its collections to Félicien Rops, a famous Belgian artist from the 19th century.
  • The Botte du Hainaut nature space
    Stuffed owl resting on a wood
    Sivry

    The Botte du Hainaut nature space

    Located 45 km south of Charleroi, between Beaumont and Chimay, Espace Nature is home to a collection of stuffed animals from all round the world including a German Shepherd.
  • Huy fortress and memorial
    Huy

    Huy fortress and memorial

    While visiting the region of Huy, make sure to visit this fort, a real memorial to the second world war. Its museum retraces its history as a concentration camp.
  • Museum of Open Air Sculpture on the Blue Stone of Comblain
    A dragonfly sits on a flower
    Comblain-Au-Pont

    Museum of Open Air Sculpture on the Blue Stone of Comblain

    The Open Air Museum of Sculpture or the Tower of St. Martin exhibits monumental sculptures on blue stones by artists from all over the world
  • The Musée de la boîte en fer blanc in Grand-Hallet: a museum dedicated to stunning tin boxes
    Grand-Hallet

    The Musée de la boîte en fer blanc in Grand-Hallet: a museum dedicated to stunning tin boxes

    The largest collection of tin boxes in the world, listed by the Guinness Book, is in Wallonia. This impressive gathering features no less than 60,000 items.
  • 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.
  • 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.