Museum and heritage collections

In the Middle Ages, the silhouette of the Abbey of the Dunes dominated the landscape at Koksijde. A visit to the Abbey Museum offers you the opportunity to walk along the ancient walls in peace and quiet, surrounded by beautiful nature.

The history of the Bakery Museum starts sometime in the 70s of the last century. During that period, Walter Plaetinck created his private collection of old bakery material.

The 'Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde' with its white-coloured house fronts and tranquil convent garden was founded in 1245. This little piece of world heritage was once the home of the beguines.

Collection of 600 photos about the construction of a railway in Congo.

The collection: contains more than 18,000 works of art, of which more than 12,000 are owned by the Belgian State.

Demonstration of the responsibility of designers, manufacturers and consumers in this process with an extensive collection, which spans the period from the fifteenth century to the present.

Erasmus spent five months in this Gothic house (1450-1515). Today the museum houses a collection of paintings (Holbein, Bosch, Metsys), a library with a rich collection of old prints and a philosophical garden.

Archive the documents of the Antwerp city council and the city administration and also keep a rich Topographical-Historical atlas with maps, plans, prints and portraits, among other things.

Discover the multifaceted story of man in the Limburg region: from prehistory to the end of the Roman period.

The archive of the Grand Seminary manages a large amount of old archive, especially of abbeys and monasteries in West Flanders that did not survive the French Revolution and its aftermath.

The double church, dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Basil in the 12th century, consists of a lower church that has preserved its Romanesque character and a neo-gothically decorated upper church where the relic of the Holy Blood is kept.