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Self-guided tour
Mariemont Royal Museum welcomes groups for self-guided tours from Tuesday to Sunday. Free admission to the permanent collections and the Mariemont estate. A free audioguide is available via the IziTravel website in the exhibition areas.
Guided tours
Guided tours for groups are offered by our Cultural Interpretation Department, whose guides know the museum and its collections like the back of their hands.
We offer a programme of guided tours on different topics (lasting between 90 minutes and 2 hours) plus activities tailored to your group in the permanent collections, temporary exhibitions and even the estate.
To get the full Mariemont experience, why not combine your visit with a workshop?
Our guided tours
Mariemont's Treasures
After a presentation on the history of the estate, we’ll introduce you to a selection of the finest works in each collection. Ideal for your first visit to the museum. We want you to love the museum as much as we do!
Aromas of Antiquity
Perfume vases, cooking implements, decorative motifs... illustrating the delicate and more marked aromas of other places and other times. Let us lead you by the nose through our permanent collections. There is an option of a 2-hour olfactory workshop with perfumer Olivier Kummer after the visit.
Tea, the taste of China
Travel from China to Europe to discover the history of tea and the utensils used in its consumption. After the visit, there is an option of an Introduction to the Chinese tea culture workshop.
Hygiene, healthcare, cosmetics and make-up
To keep yourself healthy: a little water, a lot of perfume and lots of prayers… body care or the clever tricks used to mask the defects? Hygiene and hygiene techniques through the civilisations with some rudiments of mythology and etymology. Find out about the beauty products and their not-so-innocuous ingredients…
Women in Antiquity
The status of women which varied widely across civilisations and eras, marriage, childbirth and grooming. Topics that are just as relevant today.
From tablet to tablet, an alternative history of the book
From lines to letters, basic graphics to elaborate writing systems (cuneiform, hieroglyphics, Chinese characters, Greek and Roman alphabets), museum objects help us to understand written records but also to contextualise the history of the book. From Mesopotamian terracotta tablets to modern-day books (including eBooks), via manuscripts, incunabula and artists’ books, we take a look at an object we are all familiar with.
Latin and Greek plant names
Why did Narcissus metamorphosise into a… narcissus? How did Achilles use his heel ? What links Daphne to the laurel tree? What was the houseleek (Jupiter’s Beard) used for? What do chrysanthemum or heliotrope mean?
Were our Ancestors “zero waste”?
Are recovering, upcycling, re-using and recycling just a trend? Did Palaeolithic man make the best use of the resources offered to him by nature? Were Gallo-Roman amphora sometimes returnable? Did the Greeks scribble things down on pieces of broken pottery? Did the Egyptians use recycled glass? Are there any ideas and tips for us today?
The estate, where history meets art
Find out about the estate’s history and some of its works.
The rare book reserve
The Rare Books section is home to ancient and modern books. It can be visited by appointment only.
Workshops and Visit & Workshop combinations
Guided tour + Olfactory workshop
- Children, adults and seniors: 250€ (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) + 14€ each additional person (up to a maximum of 25)
- Disabled/on benefits: €250 (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) + €7 for each additional person (up to a maximum of 25)
- Article 27: 130€
Tea ceremony
- Children, adults and seniors: €400 (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) or €25 per person for groups of 13 to 25
- Disabled/ on benefits: €375 (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) or €20 per person for groups of 13 to 25
Guided tour + Tea ceremony
- Children, adults and seniors: €450 (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) or €30 per person for groups of 13 to 25
- Disabled/ on benefits: €400 (fixed price for groups of up to 12 people) or €23 per person for groups of 13 to 25
Social partner
As a space for social exchange, the Domain & Royal Museum of Mariemont intends to be accessible to ALL.
We subscribe to the ASBL (Non-Profit Organisation – NPO) Article 27 which aims to raise awareness of, and facilitate, access to all types of culture for people facing social and/or financial difficulties.
The museum and its collections and exhibitions are multi-sensorial for people with sight or hearing issues. We work with the Ghlin “Amis des Aveugles” (Friends of the Blind) in this respect. Other elements of the visit have been adapted for a number of different disabilities. The guides and speakers have been trained to accommodate these groups.
On the agenda
Contact us & bookings
Select the topics/visits/activities you wish to book.
Decide on the dates and times that suit.
Bookings must be made at least 10 days prior to the date of visit.
If you’d like an invoice, please tell us when you book.
mediation@musee-mariemont.be- +32 (0)64 27 37 84