PLEASE NOTE: Since July 2026, the Musées-valises have no longer been available at the Musée de la Grande Ardenne; they have been transferred to the Central Library of the Province of Luxembourg in Marche-en-Famenne.
The ‘Musées-valises’ are a service provided by the Muséobus of the Royal Domain and Museum of Mariemont, part of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, aimed at teachers and trainee teachers, from nursery to secondary school. The Musée de la Grande Ardenne is the authorised lending centre for the Province of Luxembourg.
The ‘musée-valises’ explore various prehistoric and historical themes. Each one contains authentic objects on loan from museums, casts, models, games, slide shows and a variety of documentation.
There are currently 10 different kits, described in detail on the website of the Royal Estate and Museum of Mariemont:
- Egyptian children then and now
- In the Footsteps of Early Humans
- The Neolithic: The first settled people
- The Gallo-Romans
- The Great War: Day by Day
- The War of 1940 did indeed take place
- What is agriculture?
- The book, from manuscript to print
- The Birth of Writing
- Visitors from the Middle Ages
Loan procedures
Loans of the ‘suitcase museums’ are now handled by the Central Library of the Province of Luxembourg.
They are dispatched (and collected) by the Central Library to the participating library chosen by the borrower.
For further information: bibliotheque.centrale@province.luxembourg.be or +32 (0)84/31.10.58 – 2 – 3
