Brabants Centrum voor Muziektradities
Small museum in the De Krop cultural centre in Kampenhout with folk music instruments from the collection of Hubert Boone: hommels, accordions and bagpipes.
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About the museum
In February 2010 musicologist Hubert Boone offered his life's work, a collection of folk music instruments, to the municipality of Kampenhout. The municipal council decided to invest in it, and so the Brabants Centrum voor Muziektradities (BCM) came into being. Boone had previously worked as a research assistant at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels and wrote a great deal about local music history and folk instruments.
The centre was solemnly opened on 4 December 2011 in the Glazen Zaal, with an exhibition on the hommel group of Sint-Martens-Lennik and a folk music performance. It was first housed in Villa Lucie on the village square of Kampenhout, but that space proved too small. The instruments were therefore moved to the cultural and experience centre De Krop, where they are now shown together.
The permanent display contains more than fifty instruments from the Belgian regions: hommels (called “vlier” in Central Brabant), accordions by makers from Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bagpipes from the revival period after 1955, and wind instruments from older Flemish and Brussels workshops. In addition, the BCM runs a study and documentation centre with about a thousand publications on folk music and a small collection of recordings and photographs of musicians, and it organises changing thematic exhibitions, for example on the bagpipe and the accordion.
Highlights
- Collection of folk music instruments by musicologist Hubert Boone, with more than fifty instruments
- Hommels, called “vlier” in Central Brabant
- Accordions by makers from Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia from the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Bagpipes from the revival period after 1955
- Wind instruments from older Flemish and Brussels workshops
- Study and documentation centre with about a thousand publications on folk music
Permanent exhibition
- Volksmuziekinstrumenten van Hubert Boone – The permanent display shows more than fifty instruments from the Belgian regions, including hommels, accordions, bagpipes and historic wind instruments.
- Founded
- 2011
- Operated by
- Gemeente Kampenhout
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Individual visits are free during opening hours. A municipal rate applies for guided group tours; ask the tourist office.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The De Krop cultural and experience centre is accessible to wheelchair users.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By car
Free parking
Visitors park free on the Gemeenteplein in the centre of Kampenhout or in the Infano car park, reachable via the Molenveldweg. From both places De Krop is within walking distance.
De Krop is behind the Godshuis (OCMW) in the centre of Kampenhout, close to the church.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Groups can visit the BCM with an experienced guide. Book through the tourist office (toerisme@kampenhout.be or 016 65 99 71). The visit can be combined with the Witloofmuseum in the same building. |
