Muzea w Tournai

Tourists that could spend more time in Tournai should take advantage of the wide range of museums. The most interesting are: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de Folklore , And Musée de la Tapisserie . They are located a short distance from each other, near the market.

Musée des Beaux-Arts ( Museum of Fine Arts) - It is right next to the town hall in an elegant Art Nouveau building, whose design art nouveau done an outstanding architect Victor Horta. At the top of the building is a bronze sculpture Truth, Empress of Art . The museum has an impressive collection of paintings and sculptures by local artists, Belgian and foreign. Among the Flemish masters here you can admire the works of Pieter Breughel the younger, James Ensor, and Jacob Jordaens (his image can also be seen in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Among the paintings of foreign artists distinguishes the work of Edouard Manet Argenteuil . Local art is represented by the most famous artist of Tournai Rogier van der Weyden. It should also pay attention to other local masters. Great giant canvas Louis Gallait La Peste de Tournai, and a charming picture of Romeo Dumoulin En Ballon.

Address:
Enclos Saint-Martin 3 - 7500 Tournai
Phone: + 32 69/33. 24.31
E-mail: musee.beaux-arts@tournai.be

Opening hours:
April - October

Musée de Folklore (Folklore Museum) - located at Reduit des Sions 32-36 In a beautiful seventeenth century brick building with high peak. On several floors, 23 exhibition halls (1100 m2), collected exhibitions devoted to the history of urban crafts, trade and way of life. You can, among others, see old posters, reconstructed workshops and residential interiors, a replica of the monastery, as well as table games jeu de fer (A combination of Belgian billiards with the French game petanque ).

Folklore Museum, fot. http://www.tournai.be/decouvrir-tournai/musees/musee-de-folklore-la-maison-tournaisienne.html

Address:
Reduit des Sions 32 - 36
7500 Tournai
Phone: + 32 69 22 40 69
E-mail: musee.folklore@tournai.be

Godziny otwarcia:
1 Listopada - 31 Marca
Poniedziałek - Niedziela 10.00 - 12.30 i 13.30 - 17.00. Niedziela rano, Wtorek - Nieczynne.
1 Kwietnia - 31 Octoberdziernika
Poniedziałek - Niedziela 10.00 - 12.30 i 13.30 - 17.30. Wtorek - Nieczynne.
Bilet : 2,50 Euro

Musée de la Tapisserie (Museum of Weaving) - a museum located in the old neoclassical mansion from 1990 year. Created here an exhibition of beautiful fifteenth and sixteenth century tapestries, which was famous for the production of Tournai. Created here characteristic huge tapestries depicting many characters and episodes that involved the selected history. In the museum we can admire the magnificent colors and craftsmanship. On the top floor there is a conservation workshop.

Museum of Weaving, fot. http://www.visittournai.be/a-voir-a-faire/musees-87/musee-de-la-tapisserie/article/musee-de-la-tapisserie?lang=en

Adres:
Place Reine Astrid 9 - 7500 Tournai
Telefon : +32 69/84.20.73
Email : musee.tapisserie@tournai.be

Godziny otwarcia:
1 Listopada - 31 Marca
Poniedziałek - Niedziela 10.00 - 12.30 i 13.30 - 17.00 Niedziela rano, Wtorek - Nieczynne
1Kwietnia - 31 Octoberdziernika
Poniedziałek - Niedziela 10.00 - 12.30 i 13.30 - 17.30. Wtorek - Nieczynne
Bilet: 2,6 Euro