Musée de la Fraise

About the museum

The museum was founded in 1970 on the initiative of the Wépion tourist office and Dorothée Houart, a pupil of the folklorist Albert Marinus. The original aim was to preserve local memory by gathering objects and archives from Wépion’s residents. The floods of 1994 and 1995 damaged part of the collections; with support from the City of Namur, the building was then restored and secured.

From 2005, a new board refocused the project on the memory of strawberry growing and on the history of the Meuse valley. In 2011, the City of Namur entrusted the running of the Jardin des petits fruits (soft fruit garden) to the museum. Since 2012, the museum has been professionalising, with the aim of being recognised as a scientific institution by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

The permanent display was redesigned in 2015, and a new trail entirely devoted to the strawberry was installed in 2017. It is organised around four themes: history, gastronomy, art and literature, and agriculture. Since 2019, a room with interactive digital tablets has complemented the visit, and the museum aims to become the memory centre of strawberry culture in Wallonia.

Highlights

• Permanent trail on the strawberry: history, gastronomy, art and literature, agriculture
• Room with interactive digital tablets
• Jardin des petits fruits (soft fruit garden) a short walk from the museum, with about twenty fruit species from the region
• Fifteen strawberry varieties to taste on site in the garden
• Thematic guided tours on the Meuse villas and the village of Wépion
• Activities for children: fun trail, workshops and birthday parties

Permanent exhibitions

• Parcours permanent consacré à la fraise – A trail in four themes (history, gastronomy, art and literature, agriculture) on the Wépion strawberry, complemented by a room of interactive tablets.
• Jardin des petits fruits – A 35-are garden with about twenty fruit species from the region and fifteen strawberry varieties to taste, a few steps from the museum.

Founded

1970

Operated by

Musée de la Fraise et Promotion du Pays de Wépion asbl

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free entry for individual visitors on the first Sunday of the month.

Free school visits for schools of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. Guided tour prices are per person.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• 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

One disabled parking space is available in the Belfius car park, next to the museum. The museum does not publish further accessibility information.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Kids’ birthday parties

The museum offers younger visitors a fun trail, activities and workshops (for example painting a plaster strawberry, ages 5 to 12), as well as the birthday package “Anniver'fraise”.

Getting there & parking

By bike: RAVeL Namur–Dinant (EuroVelo 19). The Jardin des petits fruits is at Chaussée de Dinant 1092, a few steps from the museum.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Plan your visit