Volkskundemuseum

Om museet

In 1865 the poet Guido Gezelle laid the foundations for a Bruges folklore museum. In 1936 the Bond der Westvlaamsche Folkloristen was founded, which held a first folklore exhibition in 1937. From 1948 the Folklore Museum had a permanent home in the Stadshallen.

At the end of the 1960s the city council decided to move the collection elsewhere and bought a row of modest workers’ cottages on the Balstraat, known as the Schoenmakersrente. After a thorough renovation, the Museum voor Volkskunde opened there on 29 June 1973. In 1982 a new corner house, De Zwarte Kat, was added, and in 2003 three adjoining houses on the Rolweg were incorporated.

The collection consists of objects from everyday life and from traditional crafts, presented in thematic settings: a classroom, a grocery, a pharmacy, a hatter’s, a tailor’s, a sugar bakery, a cooper’s, a shoemaker’s and clog-maker’s workshop, a living room and a museum inn. The museum is part of Musea Brugge.

On the first floor, the interactive display Kinderen van toen (Children of Then) tells the story of childhood in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2026 the museum received the label Goedgekeurd door en voor kinderen (approved by and for children).

Højdepunkter

• Authentic settings: classroom, pharmacy, tailor’s, hatter’s and grocery
• Sugar bakery where the spekkenbakker makes traditional sweets every Thursday afternoon
• Museum inn In de Zwarte Kat with museum cat Aristide
• Seven play stations and folk games in the garden
• Interactive display Kinderen van toen about the 1950s and 1960s

Permanente udstillinger

• Dagelijks leven in Brugge in de 19e en 20e eeuw – Restored workers’ cottages with a classroom, pharmacy, tailor’s workshop, sugar bakery and grocery show rare objects from everyday life.
• Kinderen van toen – An interactive display on the first floor, with a living room, a kitchen and a room about holidays and leisure, brings childhood in the 1950s and 1960s to life.
• Museumherberg In de Zwarte Kat – The authentic inn in the corner house De Zwarte Kat, where the visit ends with a drink and where museum cat Aristide sometimes drops by.

Grundlagt

1973

Ejer

Musea Brugge (Stad Brugge)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Residents of Bruges and Friends of Musea Brugge visit the venues for free. Admission is also free with ICOM, Museumpas, Merito Club, Riebedebie (passport campaign), SELECT Card and the Brugse Stadsgids with FTG card. Reserve a free ticket online and have it activated at the ticket desk with your card or identity card. An online ticket cannot be changed, exchanged or cancelled.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• 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 access routes can be navigated independently by wheelchair; the entrance is reachable with assistance via the staff entrance at Rolweg 40. The ground-floor section is wheelchair-accessible; the first floor is reached only by stairs. The toilet is not wheelchair-accessible. There are rest points with free folding chairs. For visitors with dementia there is an adapted tour with a museum guide (Memorabel); neurodiverse visitors can borrow sensory bags.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Legeplads / legehjørne

The museum calls itself one of the most family-friendly museums in Bruges. Children under 13 enter free. Seven play stations are spread through the museum (practising handwriting, weighing coffee, trying on hats, playing tailor); when the weather is nice, folk games and a play case are ready in the garden. In the Kinderen van toen display, (grand)parents and grandchildren experience childhood in the 1950s and 1960s together. Free at the desk: the treasure hunt Een feest voor Emma en Miel (from age 4) and the audio game Julia’s vertellementjes (from age 7), via the Erfgoedapp. Pushchairs are accessible.

Transport & parkering

Wheelchairs can be taken on all De Lijn buses. Plan your route via the De Lijn website.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Wi-fi

Museum shop and the museum inn In de Zwarte Kat (bar), garden, bicycle parking and free toilets. Free wifi at the Musea Brugge locations.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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