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Why go to Brussels ? OK, there is that endless variety of
chocolaytes, the spectacular Grand Place, the Art-Nouveau buildings, the
EU-Institutions and the many historical sites like the Waterloo battlefield
(2015 is the celebration of 200 years Waterloo !).
Unlike her louder, more flamboyant sister European cities,
Brussels is somewhat reserved. Many pittoresque streets and corners wait patiently
for your eyes to catch them. Then, the city romances you with her rich history,
beautiful culture, gourmet cuisine and distinctive attractions.
Check out this link: BRUSSELS WALKS
A new Fin-de-Siècle Museum (End-of-the-Century musuem) opened its doors on December 6th, 2013 in
Brussels, Regentschapsstraat 3. The museum exhibits
Belgian art from the end of the 19th C. to the early 20th
C. The new museum was given shelter at the Museum of Modern Art (which had not been renovated since 1989).
According to the press release, the new museum should generate -
more than ever - international
response.
On an area of over 6,000 sq.m (m²), visitors can admire art
works, which were made between 1863 and 1914. Among them: paintings of Maurice
Maeterlinck, Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor, Ferdinand Khnopff, Spilliaert and
Octave Maus. The new museum presents Brussels as "a unique European artistic hub at the turn of the century."
4 years after the opening of the Magritte Museum - the first
step in the reorganization of the collections of federal Belgium - the Fine
Arts museum completes a second stage in that process.
The federal government has invested nearly 6.5 million € in
this project.
The Fin-de-Siècle museum also received a donation of 1
million € from the Gillion - Crowet[1]
family, whose collection will be exhibited.
Museum voor Moderne Kunst (KMSKB) – Fine Arts
Museum
Regentschapsstraat 3, 1000 Brussels
Reservations: +32 (0)2/5083333 Contact: info@fine-arts-museum.be +32 (0)2/5083211
Website: http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/en
[1]
Gillon-Crowet is linked to the princes of de Merode. Their Castle is in
Solre-s.-Sambre, Wallonia
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