The County Museum of Flanders is located at Cassel, in the Nord department, 30 km south of Dunkirk.
It is housed since 1964 in the Hotel de la Noble Court, a building of the sixteenth century overlooking the Grand'Place of the town, which was the seat of the local castellany. Protected as historical monuments since 1910, its Renaissance façade also features typical elements of Flanders and the interior combines bricks and woodwork. The building has a paved courtyard and an elegant garden.
After a decade of closure during which restoration work was carried out, the museum reopened in 2010.
It was created in 1837 after a wealthy collector, Charles Vanoverschelde, donated his personal collection.
The establishment now has a collection of 6,000 pieces sweeping the history and Flemish culture over several centuries, from everyday objects to the works of great names in the art of the region.
Enriched with contemporary works, the collections are now presented in the form of a thematic itinerary ("Submission and anger", "Between Earth and Heaven", "Measure and Disease"...).
Among the jewels of the museum, works by Leo Copers, Jan Fabre, Thierry Cordier, Patrick van Caeckenbergh (twentieth) but also paintings or sculptures of William Kerricx (seventeenth), Roelandt Savery (sixteenth and seventeenth), David Téniers (seventeenth) or many engravings by Pieter van der Heyden (XVI) inspired by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
Open Tuesday to Friday from 10h to 12h30 and from 14h to 18h, Saturday and Sunday from 10h to 18h. Closed on January 1st, May 1st, December 25th. Price: 6 and 8 euros (free the first Sunday of the month). Information on +33 3 59 73 45 60.
