Office de Tourisme Cassel Horizons

The museum of Flanders, located on the Grand’Place of Cassel, opened on October 23, 2010.

Unique in Europe, the museum invites you for an exciting journey through mysterious Flanders.

Come and discover exceptional works of Flemish masters, contemporary creations of international artists and unusual objects to understand all the diversity, the subtlety and the daring of Flemish culture.

Besides admiring more than 600 works, you could discover the hotel de la Noble Cour, a wonderful building of the 16^th century, totally renovated, and which is an absolute gem of architecture thanks to its diverse decorations.

The garden, behind the museum and linked to the museum tour, will also invite you to immerse yourself in the Flemish landscape. You could walk through a collection of species from Mounts of Flanders.

The temporary exhibition “Aux Portes du Chaos” is presented until August 28^th.

By means of an original scenography, objects from the war period and even paintings, let’s discover an unknown chapter of History: the organization of the rear front in Flanders during the World War I.

Guided tour for adults and children and even for families are scheduled as well as workshops.

Gardener-poet or poet-gardener?

Gérard Guiot chose: he will be both.

He opens his 3 hectares estate, an old farm of 18^th century.

He will proclaim his own poems all along the visit in “Le clos flamand”

Open from 3pm: May, Wednesday 18^th; May, Saturday 28^th; June, Thursday 2^nd; July, Sunday 3^rd; July, Wednesday 6^th; July, Saturday 9^th; August, Sunday 28^th.

On booking, he can welcome groups.