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Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Europe

Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve
Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve

Museum or Collection Type:
Cultural History & Art
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
Archaeology, Art, Art History, Ethnology

Address:
Place Blaise Pascal,1,, B.1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Opening Hours:
Mo-Fri : 10-18
Sun : 14-18
Closed : Saturday and holidays (Saturday and Sunday in July and August)

Contact:
Van den Driessche Bernard
accueil-musee@uclouvain.be
vdd@muse.ucl.ac.be
Phone: +32/(0)10474841
Fax: +32/(0)10472413

Additional information:
Entry : 1,25 Euros. Students : free entrance.

Links:
Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve
Catholic University of Louvain

Description:
The museum of Louvain-la-Neuve was inaugurated in 1979. The collections (originaly cast reproductions started in 1864) includes today Fine art (sculptures, paintings -ancient and contemporary-, prints), Archaeology (most mediterranean) and Ethnography.

A new building (4.000 square meters) will be erected in the city center in front of the new Aula Magna.

Further Reading:
See web-page: http://www.muse.ucl.ac.be/Musee/Publications.html