- Address: Kapittelstraat 31, 1070 Brussel, Belgium
- Phone: +32 2 521 13 83
- Website: erasmushouse.museum
- Date of opening: 1930
- Architect: Pierre Wischmann
- Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00
- Cost of visiting: 1,25 euros
Brussels is a city with a lot of museums , where every vacationer will find one that will suit him exactly. If you are already familiar with the history of the city and its architecture, then it's time to pay attention to its famous citizens. Learn a little more about the life of one of them will help the House of Erasmus in Brussels .
general information
The house in which the museum is now located was built in the late 15th century by Pierre Wichmans, an intellectual who loved to host creative people. The owner of the house and writer Erasmus of Rotterdam, known for such works as "The Praise of Stupidity", "Conversations without ceremony", etc., established a sincere friendship, evidenced by historical documents confirming the writer's five-month stay with an intellectual. In May 1521, Erasmus of Rotterdam arrived at the house of Pierre Wichmans to clean up his health (it is known that the writer often suffered from a fever) and deal with his creativity - it was here that Erasmus worked for a long time on the layout of his books and from here he went to Basel , where later he died.
Museum complex Erasmus
In 1930, the House of Erasmus in Brussels was restored and turned into a museum. Now his library has about 1200 volumes of books, including Erasmus publications in Latin, Ancient Greek and Hebrew. There is also a rhetoric hall in the museum, furnished with furniture of those times. The windows of the room go out into the garden, during the time of the writer's residence, she served as his study, and the walls were decorated with portraits of outstanding people of the time with whom the writer was familiar and corresponded: Thomas More, Francis I, Charles V, Martin Luther. A spacious hall on the first floor used to serve as a canteen, here are the lifetime editions of the writer.
In 1987, a garden with medicinal plants was planted on the territory adjoining the house, and in 2000 - a philosophical garden, over the design of which many contemporary artists worked. In addition to the house-museum and adjoining gardens, the complex also includes a nigga (a refuge for women leading a righteous lifestyle).
How to get there?
You can get to the capital's sights by car or by public transport :
- by metro to Saint-Guidon, Aumale, Veeweyde;
- bus number 49 to the stop Erasmushuis Maison D'erasme.
The museum complex is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00, the cost of the visit is 1.25 euros, it is possible to walk around the gardens for free.
| | |
