On 24 February 2024, the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen (Malines, Mechlin) reopened after some two years of renovations. After visiting the temporary exhibition ‘Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled‘, I explored the permanent collection.
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MECHELEN | ‘Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled’ exhibition at Museum Hof van Busleyden
Until 2 June 2024, you can visit the ‘Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled‘ at the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen (Malines in French, Mechlin in older English).
Leuven ft. the Great Beguinage
In January 2023, Thanh and I went to Leuven to watch Thanh’s niece perform in a play called ‘Wezen‘ (‘Being‘) by Fabuleus at OPEK. Making the best of a Sunday afternoon, we walked around Leuven, visiting the Great Beguinage, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Quick Tour of Burgundian and Habsburg Mechelen
In March 2021 I visited the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen for the ‘Renaissance Children‘ exhibition, telling the story of Burgundian and Habsburg princes being educated by Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy.
Orval Abbey near Florenville in Belgian Luxembourg
Oh no, I turned 40 in June. For years I escaped Belgium for my birthday. I even managed to do so last year, in between COVID-19 related leisure travel lockdowns, visiting my sister Florence in Switzerland. This year leaving the Realm proved to be very impractical. But Danny, his boyfriend Sam, Oriol and myself booked…
Ducal and Imperial Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels
The Coudenberg or Koudenberg is a hill in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Nowadays it’s the location of the Church of St. James on Coudenberg, Royal Square (Place Royale, Koningsplein), the Constitutional Court, the Court of Audit, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Magritte Museum and institutions of the Brussels Capital Region….
‘Renaissance Children’ exhibition at Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen
The Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen holds the exhibition ‘Renaissance Children‘. Let’s have a look.
Antwerp City Hall freed from scaffolding
After three years, the front of Antwerp City Hall has been freed from its scaffolding. Renovation works are far from finished though.
VIDEO | The Stay At Home Museum – Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen
In episode 5 of The Stay At Home Museum, Visit Flanders takes you to Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen.
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