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WHAT TO VISIT: BRUGES MUSEUMS

Several and interesting are the museums of this city in particular the group of historical museums called Bruggemuseum, they are six museums in six different locations in historic homes and buildings in the city centre: Bruggemuseum-Archeologie, archaeological museum; Bruggemuseum-Belfort, allows visiting the clock tower, 83 meters high, from the top of which has a wonderful view of the city, on the second floor of the tower is the Treasury room, now a museum; Bruggemuseum-Brugse Vrije in this museum you visit the Renaissance Chamber with a monumental fireplace of the sixteenth century; Bruggemuseum-Gentpoort; Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse, interesting museum in a patrician home in the city, in addition to the rooms and halls of the house it presents a collection of ancient art, sculpture, furniture, silver and metal objects, ceramics, textiles, coins and musical instruments; Bruggemuseum-Onthaalkerk OLV, this is the church of Our Lady, which has a brick towers of the highest of Belgium (122 metres), the church has a rich collection of Art objects, including the famous "Madonna con il Bambino" (Madonna with the Child) by Michelangelo, the great chorus, the mausoleum of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold and some noble tombs; Bruggemuseum-Stadhuis, the Municipality of Bruges was built in 1376 and is one of the oldest of Flanders, inside to admire the Gothic Room with sumptuous mural paintings of the nineteenth century and polychrome ceiling.

Artistic Works of the 15th-21th can be found in the two museums Arents House and Groeningemuseum, particularly in the Groeningemuseum is exposed a collection of Flemish Primitives, as well as Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with masterpieces by Jan Van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling and Gerard David. In Forum + [Concertgebouw], are held exhibitions of contemporary art. Another series of museums is that of the old hospitals Hospitaalmuseums the museum located in the hospital in Sint-Jan, Memling in Sint-Jan, one of the oldest hospitals in Europe, presents an opportunity to understand how operated a hospital in the Middle Ages (shelter for the sick but also for the pilgrims), the museum also hosts in the hospital chapel, six works by Hans Memling.

OLV-b-Potterieits, is a historic hospital complex dated between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, it houses a beautiful baroque church and collections of paintings, sculptures, furniture, tapestries and silver work. Another section of the Bruges Museums are those dedicated to folklore: Koeleweimolen, windmill for grinding grain of 1765 still working. Sint-Janshuismolen, windmill for grinding grain of 1770 still working. Guido Gezelle Museum is the home of the Flemish writer Guido Gezelle. Other museums in the city are: Begijnhuisje reconstructs the life of the inhabitants of Bruges in the past. Choco-Story museum dedicated to chocolate. Diamantmuseum, the Museum of Diamonds. Brugge Engels Klooster, the English convent. Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, Basilica of the Sacred Blood containing the relic of the Holy Blood and the relic museum. Jeruzalemkerk, fifteenth century church on the forms of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Lumina Domestica (lampenmuseum), a museum dedicated to the history of illumination from the flashlight to the LED. Ter Doest (Lissewege), an ancient Cistercian abbey of the twelfth century. Volkssterrenwacht Beisbroek, public astronomical observatory and planetarium.