History museums in Mons

A unique space ! Opposite St. Waudru's Collegiate Church, discover an exceptional museum of decorative arts (1775-1825) with a multicultural, humanist and educational approach, and featuring not only a prestigious collection of clocks, unique in the world, but also majestic French gilt bronzes, sup

The Mons Memorial Museum covers three periods: the period 1830-1914; the Great War: 1914-1918 and World War II: 1940-1945. It displays collection pieces related to these three periods.

The Mundaneum is a museum and archive also called the Internet of Paper. It has a collection of some six kilometers of paper. It contains major collections such as the International Museum of the Press, the International Institute of Photography and personal notes by Otlet and La Fontaine.

Maison Van Gogh is a house where Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh stayed between August 1879 and October 1880. The house is one of the places Van Gogh visited during his trip through Europe. Moreover, it is the house where he became a painter.

At Musée et le Chateau Comtal, several panels and archaeological finds depict the history of the site.

Musée du vieux Nimy is dedicated to the 3,000 workers who worked daily in Nimy's factories and workshops in the recent past.