Roger Raveel Museum

Om museet

The Roger Raveel Museum is in Machelen-aan-de-Leie, the village where the painter Roger Raveel was born in 1921 and where he worked until his death in 2013. The museum opened in 1999 and is devoted to his life and work. The white, sober building was designed by architect Stéphane Beel and fits into the village surroundings rather than rising above them.

Raveel moved from abstract painting to a body of work in which art and everyday reality are directly connected. The collection consists of more than three hundred paintings, including several portraits of his wife Zulma, around 550 drawings and works on paper, and a few sculptures and objects. Since 2011 three colourful poles, the ‘palen van het onbeperkte’ (poles of the unlimited), also stand in the village, and a signposted walking route of 4 km leads past places from the artist's life and work.

The museum was renovated in recent years over roughly a year and a half. Two rooms and the depot received climate control, and the building got solar panels, a new roof, extra insulation and LED lighting, among other things. In summer 2026 the house reopened with the 10th Painting Biennial, a collaboration with Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle and the museum of Deinze and the Leie region.

Højdepunkter

• More than 300 paintings by Roger Raveel, including portraits of his wife Zulma
• Museum building by architect Stéphane Beel
• Drawings, works on paper and objects from the studio
• Roger Raveel Route: signposted 4 km walk through Machelen
• The ‘palen van het onbeperkte’ in the village

Grundlagt

1999

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission also applies to holders of a museum pass, members of OKV or ICOM, teachers with a teacher card (with a class group) and press card holders. During the Painting Biennial a combi ticket gives access to three exhibitions at three locations (see biennalevandeschilderkunst.be).

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

Children up to and including 12 years are welcome free of charge. In summer 2026 young art detectives can play the Biënnale Bingo with their families: you get a bingo card at reception at one of the three Biennial museums, with which you can win small prizes.

Transport & parkering

By bike the museum is about 5 km from Deinze station; bikes can be hired via Blue-bike (deinze.be).

Service & spisesteder

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