Hergé Museum

The Musée Hergé, or Hergé Museum, is a museum in Belgium dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–83), who wrote under the pen name Hergé (derived from the inverse of his initials “RG”), creator of the series of comic albums, The Adventures of Tintin.

It is located on the outskirts of the wood "Bois de la Source", a prism with large glass bays that holds a colorful world at the doors of Louvain-la-Neuve.

The museum dedicated to Hergé was envisioned and designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc.

Discover the creator of Tintin, his life and work, like you would never have imagined.

Discover a manifold, diverse, monumental and largely unknown body of work. Meet Hergé, the illustrator, Hergé, the advertising designer, Hergé, a 20th century hero.

Permanent or themed exhibits in nine rooms of varied sceneries await you to follow the path of Tintin and Hergé’s other characters through drawings, original boards, film abstracts, model objects and photos.

Visitors begin at the top floor.
The first room is dedicated to Hergé's life.
The second room displays Hergé's many interests, his early commercial illustrations, and his early comics.
Visitors then cross a long walkway, viewing the lobby on one side and an oak forest outside on the other.
The third room introduces the world of Tintin, with nine glass vitrines dedicated to the main characters of the series.
The fourth room focuses on Hergé and cinema.
Moving down one floor, visitors enter the largest room in the museum, devoted to places in the world Tintin has travelled.
Next to this is another large room of Professor Calculus' "laboratory", which focuses on science in the Tintin books.
Crossing a lower bridge, visitors learn about Studios Hergé.
The final room is called "Hergé Acclaimed", showing Hergé's connections to politicians, artists and philosophers.
On the main floor is the space for temporary exhibitions, such as Into Tibet With Tintin.

Visitors are offered a three-hour narrated tour of the museum via headphones connected to an iPod. 100,000 visitors arrived during the museum's first year.

Open every day from Tuesday to Friday from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm.
Closed on Mondays, January 1st and December 25th.

Recommended minimum visiting time : 2 hours

Musée Hergé
Rue du Labrador 26
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
+32 (0)10/48 84 21
www.museeherge.com

Access to the Museum

The Hergé Museum is located on the Central Ring of Louvain-la-Neuve. By car on your GPS, enter "Boulevard du Nord" to find your way around the city.

The closest parking lot is the Grand-Place lot (pay parking).

On foot, the Museum can be accessed by Rue Paulin Ladeuze off of the Grand-Place.