Living in Mons you hear about the Festival of DouDou for the Ducasse of Mons. This museum takes…read moreyou through the story of St. George and how he defeated the dragon. For the three of us it was 9 euros and well worth it. They have headsets so you can go through the museum listening to the exhibits in English. To get to the museum you have to walk through the Hotel Ville (City Hall). You walk across the garden which in itself is very pretty. The museum is unique and very kid friendly. Each floor takes you through the cool history and about the festival. It is very interactive, very fun great for an easy afternoon and then afterwards have a cappuccino in the town square.

Fantastic museum primarily concerning Mons and the surrounding area during pre-Napoleonic wars…read morethrough the end of WW2. The museum is well worth the €9.00 per person cost. While there are a lot of displays with tons of interesting items, there is a lot of reading to do, so bringing small children or those with ADD/ADHD would not be good. But for those that love history, and especially Military history this is an exciting museum rich in history. Plan to spend 2-3 hours or more if you want to see everything. Displays are in 4 languages (Fr, De, En, NL). Mons has changed hands more often than dollar bills have seen g-strings.... well maybe not that much...lol

This is a new museum and it is fantastic! It takes you through Mons during 2 world wars and as…read morewell with the new exhibit, the Napoleonic war. This museum is very educational and the displays are phenomenal! This is a must see when in Mons. You will definitely learn a lot about Mons and Belgium.

Terrific museum We spent the best part of a rainy Saturday…read moreafternoon in this surprisingly good art museum. There was an extensive and varied collection of art and it was terrific value at €7. It would have been great if there had been some information in English.

I'm going to be very upfront in the beginning of this review, when I arrived at Palais des Beaux…read moreArts I was pretty burnt out with museums at this point, it was extremely cold, raining, and we were waiting in a line outside for like twenty minutes so the start to this experience was pretty miserable. Once we got into the building and through the security checkpoint, you could tell right away that this place was pretty beautiful. The building itself is 3 stories and each floor has something a little bit different to offer you. We headed down first and spent some time looking at the statues which were absolutely incredible, followed by the second floor which was a mixture of different pieces of art and a dome style room you could sit on beanbags and watch something. The main event of the show was upstairs where I couldn't even estimate the insane amount of paintings that fill the walls of the different colored rooms. The rooms themselves are all tall and covered from floor to ceiling with such incredible pieces, and everything you think you are done suddenly the red painted rooms turn into white rooms or green rooms and it just keeps going, it was truly remarkable. Overall, the Palais des Beaux Arts was a fantastic place to spend an hour or so learning about French art. Did I leave some stuff out? Yeah, because this was like my 23rd museum and at some point they start blending together. I loved how diverse the art here was and really did enjoy walking around, I highly recommend checking this place out if you are in Lille.

This place is magnificent! Came here for the Week-End Familial for L'exposition of Degas Sculpteur…read more Throughout my years of Art History, none of my professors elaborated on the controversy revolving Edgar Degas' work. I have seen Degas work many times and his most notable sculpteur La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans lives at at Musée D'Orsay, which I have seen there and now here. I didn't know ballerinas back then were considered lower class, since the girl's family would push them to do ballet in hopes to catch an eye of the wealthy. It's almost a form of pedophile...actually it is! Degas also made this ballerina have a face of criminals. So a lot of people weren't fans of him. Moving on out of Degas, this Musée isn't magnificent because of Degas pieces...it's breathtaking because the Philanthropist kept the look and feel of La Piscine. The swimming pool was constructed between 1927 and 1932 by the Lille architect Albert Baert. It closed as a swimming pool in 1985, and was remodelled as a museum by the architect Jean-Paul Philippon, opening in 2000. A modern entrance building, special exhibition space and garden were constructed within the roof-less shell of an adjoining textile factory. The museum's permanent collection has its origins in 1835, when a collection of fabric samples from the many local textile factories was started. By 1898 the collection was housed in the National High School of Arts and Textile Industry (ENSAIT), and was seen as a way of cultivating the tastes of the town's workers, foremen and manufacturers. To this end the collection combined elements of literature, fine-arts, science and industrial products. The ENSAIT museum closed with the onset of World War II, and never reopened. From 1899 the collections were displayed in Roubaix's town hall, in preparation for the opening of La Piscine in 2000. L thought I would enjoy this Musée more, since I am not really into Modern Art and since I have a background in Textile...this would be the better choice. They have art hanging on the ceilings and original shower stalls within, beautiful garden and also they have Meert here.

Very nice atmosphere for this special museum. It has been built into the old swimming pool of…read moreRoubaix and kept plenty of accessories from this old time. You can admire sculptures and paintings there gathered by genre. You have a restaurant inside, an auditorium and a fabric room you can rent for your meetings.

This is definitely a must go activity in Ghent! We lined up a little before it opened at 10am and…read morebought our tickets there because it was easier than doing it online. I had read that the audio comedy tour is actually pretty funny so we got those and walked around with our little devices. The tour was informative and insightful and added to the walking around. There was a clear noticeable difference in those who had the tour and knew what was going on versus those who did not do the audio tour and were just wandering. The castle itself was pretty cool to walk through and I liked how things are numbered so you can progress through them at your own pace. There's some steps so definitely recommend bringing sneakers.

We had a wonderful experience at this castle. Make sure you go inside and do the hour long comic…read moretour. It is just great! Super cool!

My mother and I visited this museum while we were in Brussels a few months ago and it was another…read moregreat museum in Brussels. They have a TON of paintings and sculptures. They have some great stuff here and I really liked the space in between each piece of art, as odd as that sounds, it let you spread out a bit when looking at a painting. There are many, huge rooms on two floors and there was something around every corner. This place was really cool and I would definitely visit here again.

I bought a ticket online ahead of time for 11am and was worried that they wouldn't let me in since…read moreI was about an hour late but they didn't care at all. The architecture of the museum itself is beautiful and I enjoyed walking around it. It's connected to the Magritte Museum through an underground tunnel so you don't have to go outside.