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Georges Minne’s best-known work.
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Gustav Klimt’s mosaic masterpieces in the dining room of the Palais Stoclet are rarely on public view (see Palais Stoclet).
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Bruges’ main gallery is celebrated above all for its superb collection of paintings by Flemish Masters of the late medieval “Golden Age”. A small, easily digestible museum (see Two Museums of Bruges).
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For over 100 years this historic house has served as a museum presenting an ever-growing collection of artifacts from daily life – both lowly and grand – dating from Bruges’ medieval Golden Age to the 19th century. The exhibits have benefited from a recent remodelling of the museum (see Gruuthusemuseum).
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This evocative folk museum, set out in almshouses founded by the Alijn family in the 14th century, has become a major repository for a huge range of artifacts that were part and parcel of the lives of ordinary Flanders people in past centuries (see Het Huis van Alijn).
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Display showing the archaeological value of waste.
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Tragic mementos of mothers and children.
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The bold scale of this museum almost matches Belgium’s ambitions as a colonial power in the Congo, which is the main focus. It is fascinating on several levels: ethnographic, historical and sociological (see Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (KMMA)).
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Antwerp’s excellent fine arts museum has examples of the best of Belgian art, from Jan van Eyck to Pierre Alechinsky, placing it in the top rank of European collections (see Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten).
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Fabulous medieval treasures, spectacularly lit.
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