Brussels Museums Nocturnes IV

Brussels Museums Nocturnes is going on, slowly getting closer and closer to its last night. The even offers the unique opportunity of seeing some of the best Brussels museums by night! The event, at its 17^th edition, will last until the 7^th of December, counting around 68 museums, and offering a selection of around 5 of them every Thursday.

This week, not less than six venues will open their doors to welcome the visitors, giving a glimpse of Brussels’ incredible cultural heritage! The museums selected for this Thursday are: the ING Art Centre; the Grand Serment des Arbalétriers de Bruxelles; the Musée de BELvue; the Palais de Coudenberg; BOZAR and CINEMATEK.

The ING Art Centre hosts the first retrospective exhibition on Christo et Jeanne-Claude’s urban projects. The expo is for free and it focuses on the projects and on how they were perceived by the audience, displaying a number of films, documents and photography.

The Grand Serment des Arbalétriers de Bruxelles is dedicated to an ancient and famous weapon, the crossbow. The museum will focus on the history of the weapon, on its evolution through time and on the development of a gilde to it dedicated. It will display different types models of crossbows, some were given as present, some were built by experienced artisans.

The guild of crossbowmen, formerly defenders of the city of Brussels, welcomes you for a demonstration and behind the scenes this Thursday night. Info: brusselsmuseumsnocturnes.be #nocturnes17 #brusselsmuseums #grandsermentroyaletdesaintgeorgesdesarbaletriersdebruxelles (haha) #crossbow #arbaletriers #brussels 📷 Dieter Telemans

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The Musée de BELvue offers a tour of its permanent exposition on the history and culture of Belgium, a good option if you recently arrived and you are not too familiar with the environment.

The Palais de Coudenberg will host on Thursday Zinnechoeur, for a night dedicated to live music, rhythm, diversity and creativity.

Zinnechoeur will play 3 times in #coudenbergpalace for @brusselsmuseums Nocturnes – pic by Anna Püschel #brusselsmuseumsnocturnes #zinnechoeur #coudenberg #nocturne #coudenbergpaleis #palaisducoudenberg #brusselsmuseums #museums #brussels #bruxelles #livemusic #music #live #choralmusic #brussel #welovebrussels #bruxellesmabelle #brusselsunderground

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BOZAR will open its doors to the EUROPALIA INDONESIA : «Ancestors & Rituals» exposition. The event will collect a number of archeological and ethnic treasures from Indonesia. A second exhibition, «Power and Other Things», is dedicated to contemporary artists and to their perception and representation of nowadays Indonesia.

Please bang your head here. 🐊🙀 This work refers to a key incident in Indonesian’s turbulent history. The historical site of the incident, ‘Lubang Buaya’ or literally the Crocodile’s Pit, is a well in Jakarta where the bodies of seven murdered army officers were dumped in 1965, during the 1 October coup attempt. The work invites you to place your head inside a hole at the head of each crocodile skin whilst listening to interviews about the incident and attempt to piece together details of the event. On view in the exhibition ‘Power and other things. Indonesia & Art (1835- now)’ until 21 January ‘18. [Photo by Mie Cornoedus] #europalia #europaliaindonesia #exhibition #journey #history #bozar

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CINEMATEK will welcome the visitors with a series of unique works of art on film, and with an exhibition dedicated to the development of television both by Grimonprez.