Musée Wittert
Art museum of the University of Liège: more than 65,000 works, mainly prints and drawings, including the bequest of Adrien Wittert.
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Om museet
The art collections of the University of Liège date back to its founding in 1817, when King William I of the Netherlands entrusted it with pieces for teaching and research. The decisive expansion came in 1903: Baron Adrien Wittert bequeathed to the university a vast collection of prints, drawings and paintings, including around 25,000 drawings and prints, some fifty old paintings and more than a hundred engraved plates. A Wittert room was set up in the library and hosted a first exhibition in 1910.
The two world wars took their toll on the collections: looted during the First World War and stored in difficult conditions during the Second. In 1968 the university separated the art and library departments and created an art collections service. In 1996 new premises in the central building opened under the name Galerie Wittert.
The Musée Wittert, as it is known today, opened in 2018 in entirely rethought rooms; its display takes up the original hanging of the Wittert room. It now holds more than 65,000 works: prints, drawings, paintings, ex-libris, photographs, sculptures, African objects and numismatics. It alternates a reference exhibition, renewed every four years, with temporary exhibitions.
Højdepunkter
- More than 65,000 works, mainly prints and drawings
- Bequest of Baron Adrien Wittert, 1903
- Reference exhibition “Curiosités & voluptés” with a dense hanging
- Free admission
- Catalogue of the collections available online
Permanent udstilling
- Curiosités & voluptés (exposition de référence) – A dense display of masterpieces from the university's collections, notably the Wittert bequest, recalling cabinets of curiosities. It is shown for certain periods between temporary exhibitions and will be replaced from 2027 by a new thematic display.
- Grundlagt
- 2018
- Ejer
- Université de Liège
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Grupper | –Guided tours and paid activities; groups are asked to inform the museum in advance. |
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Free admission. School groups from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (nursery, primary and secondary) benefit from free self-guided visits with educational materials.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
If the University's main door is closed, people with reduced mobility use the entrance on place Cockerill, where two parking spaces are reserved. The museum asks visitors to call in advance to be received at the entrance.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Familieomvisninger & workshops
Activities for children and families to discover a museum together, linked to the current exhibition.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Pont d'Avroy
Tram: “Pont d'Avroy” stop. Train: gare de Liège-Saint-Lambert.
I bil
Parkering muligt
Surface parking nearby, and covered car parks Charles Magnette, Saint-Denis and Kennedy. Coach drop-off and pick-up on place du 20-Août, in front of the Théâtre de Liège; coach parking on quai Van Beneden.
- Handicapparkering
Bike racks are located on place du 20-Août.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Enter through the main door of the University, place du 20-Août, follow the signs, then ring the bell. Self-guided or guided visits for groups (to be announced in advance), and activities linked to the current exhibition. |
