Scouts en Gidsen Museum

Om museet

The museum was founded in 1969, when active scouts from East Brabant asked former members in Leuven to help look back on fifty years of scouting in the region. The success of that exhibition led to a lasting collection. In 1976 and 1977 the Nationaal Scouts Archief was set up as a non-profit association (vzw), and in 1979 the city of Leuven gave it space in a former workshop of a technical school in Heverlee, where the first permanent exhibition took shape.

When that rental agreement ended, the collection moved on 1 December 1981, with about thirteen truckloads, to the Sint-Geertruiabdij, which by then belonged to the city. On 5 June 1982 the museum officially opened in the former abbey chapel. In 2009 a renovation of the whole museum began.

The Sint-Geertruiabdij was founded between 1204 and 1206 by Duke Henry I of Leuven and was inhabited by Augustinian canons. After the French Revolution the buildings were sold and partly demolished. The city of Leuven bought the complex in 1979 and had it restored. Today the permanent collection shows the history of the scouting and guiding movement from the past to the present, supplemented by temporary exhibitions, a heritage archive and a heritage library.

Højdepunkter

• Overview of the history of the scouting and guiding movement from the past to today
• Museum in the former chapel of the Sint-Geertruiabdij
• Free admission
• Detective game Misdaad op scoutskamp for families with children aged 9 to 14
• Heritage archive and heritage library

Permanent udstilling

• Permanente collectie – Overview of the scouting and guiding movement from the past to today, in display cases in the former abbey chapel.

Grundlagt

1982

Ejer

Scouts en Gidsen Museum vzw

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Admission is free. The detective game costs nothing on Sundays; for school classes it is €2 per pupil, by appointment.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: findes ikke
• Handicaptoilet: findes ikke
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is not wheelchair accessible. There is no lift; the collection is on the ground floor (not step-free) and on the first floor. The toilets are on the first floor and are not wheelchair accessible.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

Families with children aged 9 to 14 can play the detective game Misdaad op scoutskamp on Sundays from 13:00 to 15:30 (90 minutes): you look for the intruder under the guidance of the camp leaders. The game is free on Sundays; for school classes (maximum 21 participants) booking is required.

Transport & parkering

The museum is in the former abbey chapel of the Sint-Geertruiabdij, Sint-Geertruiabdij 5, in the north of Leuven.

Service & spisesteder

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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