Koers. Museum van de Wielersport
The Koers. Museum van de Wielersport is a cycling and cycling museum in Roeselare, Belgium . It was opened in 1998 in a listed former fire station in the center of the city under the name Nationaal Wielermuseum (WieMu) and renamed in 2018.
collection
The focus of the museum collection is on artefacts from Belgian cycling stars such as Odiel Defraeye , Patrick Sercu , Iljo Keisse and Eddy Merckx . Historical types of bicycles and a complete historical bicycle workshop are also on display.
The Monserésaal is dedicated to Jean-Pierre Monseré , a son of the city who became a professional road world champion in 1970 and had a fatal accident the following year. The year 2012 was under the heading En het wiel van Odiel under the sign of Odiel Defraye, who in 1912 became the first Belgian to win the Tour de France ; In addition to a special exhibition, numerous events were on the program. In May 2012 the Museum hosted the International Cycling History Conference .
The museum offers a variety of events such as book launches, special exhibitions, bike tours, school events, and movie nights. It has a shop selling jerseys, cycling books, and cycling souvenirs.
On September 9, 2018, the day of the open monument , the museum, which was temporarily housed in an alternative quarter, was renamed Koers after three years of renovation and conversion work . Museum van de Wielersport reopened. The focus of the exhibition is on the history of cycling.
Belgian photographer Léonard Misonne's penny farthing
Eddy Merckx's track bike
Patrick Sercu and his Olympic jersey
Cup for the Belgian Club Championship 1950
Shoes by Iljo Keisse
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ICHC - Cycling history in Flanders. In: Cycling4Fans. Retrieved January 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Vernieuwd wielermuseum 'KOERS' profileert zich as holy cathedral van de wielersport. In: sportmagazine.knack.be. September 14, 2018, accessed January 24, 2019 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '39.8 " N , 3 ° 7' 37.3" E