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THE GREAT CURTIUS

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Féronstrée 136, 4000Liège , Belgium
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2024
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2024

Museum retracing 7,000 years of history since prehistoric times through its collections and its 2 routes, chronological and thematic

A must when you think of a cultural visit to Liege. This great complex of Art and History of the country will have taken 15 years to be born (inaugurated in 1999) but it is a real success. Housed in a Renaissance mansion from the early 17th century on the banks of the Meuse and in renovated outbuildings, this museum presents - over 5,000 m² - 7,000 years of history from prehistory to the present day.

It brings together the collections of the former museums of Archaeology and Decorative Arts, Glass, Weapons, Religious Art and Mosan Art: more than 5,000 pieces! Also a prestigious donation, that of Baron François Duesberg, with a unique collection of objects related to the art of the table, such as clocks from the Louis XVI period to the Restoration, as well as from the Napoleonic period. The Grand Curtius presents two tours, one chronological, the other thematic, which can be done with an audio-video guide. You will be able to see one of the most beautiful collections of weapons in the world, as well as a collection of glass that is internationally recognized as the second most important. The glass objects of Art Nouveau (Emile Gallé, the Daum brothers, the Legras glassworks, Karl Koepping...), Art Deco (René Lalique, Charles Graffart, the glassworks of Scailmont, de Boom...) and of the 1950s (Scandinavian, German, Austrian design) are the richest. One can also discover superb pieces of religious art, furniture... The website announces the agenda of exhibitions, concerts, temporary conferences organized by this cultural high place.

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Un des plus beaux musees de Belgique. Belles collections d'objets du moyen-age mosan. L'Eglise collegiale Saint-Barthelemy se trouve juste à deux pas et constitue avec ses très fameux fonts baptismaux une visite qui s'inscrit parfaitement dans une poursuite coherente de la visite du Grand-Curtius.

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