Museum Hof van Busleyden
Coming soon: Burgundian Dining
Like a four course meal, Burgundian Dining explores four themes. From sumptuous banquets in city palaces to steaming kitchens, were cooks and kitchen maids prepare everything, then on to the city and its markets and surrounding fields. A sensory exploration of a shared past that leads to a question which is just as relevant today: when do abundance, wealth and luxury tip over into greed, excess and waste?
At home in Burgundian Mechelen
Experience the heyday of the Burgundian Renaissance in the permanent exhibition at Museum Hof van Busleyden. Immerse yourself in the worlds of host Hieronymus van Busleyden, grande dame Margaret of Austria and the modest hospital sisters with their enchanting Enclosed Gardens. Discover the finest art of the Northern Renaissance and listen to the hidden voices of the 15th and 16th centuries. Read more
Baroque walk in Mechelen
Rubens in Stone
Rubens in Stone takes you on an inspiring journey through the Baroque universe of Mechelen's Lucas Faydherbe and Peter Paul Rubens, his mentor. Walk with us through Mechelen's historic city centre and explore the three churches that provided the master with much of his work. Lucas Faydherbe points the way via Whatsapp.
