Museums
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St Rumbold's TowerDiscover Mechelen with your head in the clouds!
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Kazerne DossinKazerne Dossin is a very special place of remembrance for Belgium. As 'SS Sammellager Mecheln', the Dossin barracks was a waitingroom for death for more than 25,000 Jews...
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Royal Manufacturers De WitThe Royal Manufacturers De Wit is world famous for restoring valuable tapestries by hand. Thanks partly to its ingenious, patented cleaning system, De Wit has clients in...
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Hof van Busleyden MuseumNumerous large town houses – 'paleizen' – were built in Mechelen in the sixteenth century. Hiëronymus van Busleyden, member of the Great Council, humanist...
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The Mad Art CollectionThis extraordinary museum is housed in the magnificently restored house known as 't Vliegend Peert, once the home of Pieter Bruegel's mother-in-law and mentor Mayken...
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Watchmaker's MuseumThe Watchmakers' Museum is a museum with a difference. The Op de Beeck family restores antique clocks and watches and over the centuries has amassed a large collection of...
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Tower Clock Workshop MichielsBetween the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, De Clippel was uptown Mechelen's foremost inn. However, it took on a very different role in 1890 when Edward Michiels set...
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Toy MuseumThe Toy Museum boasts one of the largest collections of toys in Europe. You'll find toys from all over the world, from early toys to modern. There's much more to a museum...
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Carillon schoolMechelen is home to a world-famous carillon school. It was the first of its kind in the world when it was founded by the carilloneur Jef Denyn in 1922. Herbert Hoover, John...
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Art Galleries
