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Pôle muséal Les Bateliers

7 Rue Saintraint 5000 Namur
  • Namur
  • Province de Namur

Discovery visit and family workshop in the garden of the Museum of Decorative Arts of Namur

The decor of the Museum of Decorative Arts is a beautiful former mansion of the Enlightenment, that of the Counts of Groesbeeck. The building is part of the Patrimoiune Exceptionnel de Wallonie in…
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© Martin Leboutte, Ville de Namur

The decor of the Museum of Decorative Arts is a beautiful former mansion of the Enlightenment, that of the Counts of Groesbeeck. The building is registered in the exceptional Patrimoiune of Wallonia in 2022 and classified as a monument since 1934. The museum presents a complete collection of decorative art from the 17th to the 19th century and testifies to the daily life of the aristocracy in the 18th century. His garden was designed in 1937 by Hector Mathieu. He designed it with four beds of boxwood and carved yews surrounding a pond while creating a symmetrical perspective. The original pavilion at the back of the park further reinforces it. These elements recall the principles of the French garden. Within this regularity, a touch of English Romanticism appears thanks to a bicentenary tulip called a remarkable tree. After the restoration of the hotel in 2016, the garden was renovated by the Green Spaces Department of the City. As originally, crushed brick was spread between the boxes to bring out the embroidery design and a collection of peonies was planted to replace the old sick roses. Ancient trellised lime trees define the composition. The garden of the Musée des Arts décoratifs is decorated with ancient and contemporary sculptures such as the "chairs-poems" of the Quebec sculptor Michel Goulet, paying tribute to the poet Henri Michaux. Saturday, June 1st: guided tour of the garden by the curator at 11am, 1pm and 2:30pm (duration 1h). Sunday 2 June: visit and creative workshop for families "Mon petit jardin à la française" at 10:30, 13:30 and 15:30 (duration 1h30). All weekend from 10 to 18h, possibility to discover the garden by yourself for families with the free educational booklet "The museum garden".

Types of events
Animation for young people
2024 Theme
The five senses in the garden
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Conditions for participation
Free entrance
Type of audience
General public

About the location

Pôle muséal Les Bateliers
7 Rue Saintraint 5000 Namur
  • Namur
  • Province de Namur
Located in the heart of Namur, the Pôle muséal des Bateliers hosts two museums of the city, the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Decorative Arts, as well as three gardens; the French garden of the Museum of Decorative Arts, the public garden of the Bateliers and the Garden of the Poets.
The Archaeological Museum of Namur is located on the foundations of the old school of the Bateliers and connected by an impressive glass gallery to the old chapel of the Bateliers, building taken up in the inventory of the heritage of the 19th century and home of the communal museums.
The former mansion of the Counts of Groesbeeck and the Marquis de Croix, an 18th century building classified as an exceptional heritage of Wallonia, completes the whole with its newly glazed courtyard, which connects it to the chapel. A showcase for the Museum of Decorative Arts, the hotel has doubled its surface area accessible to the public thanks to the use of stables in shops; fenil in an educational room/audito
Tags
Site patrimonial remarquable, Monument historique, Jardin remarquable, Tourisme et handicap, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Jardin régulier (à la française), Jardin de création récente, Jardin de collection (botanique, arboretum...) i Jardin public
Acceso
Parking cars Place Saint-Aubain at 100 m Transit: Bus: 1, 2 ,3 ,5, 9, 51, 80 - Stop Rue de Bruxelles (5 min. walk) Train: Gare SNCB Namur (10 min. walk) Bike rental station 24 rue du Collège at 30 m RAVEL line 142 to 100 m Namourette: Stop on the Sambre at the Quai des Joghiers at 100 m
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