Royal Museum Mariemont
The Royal Museum Mariemont ( French : Musée royal de Mariemont ) is an art and folklore museum in Morlanwelz in the Belgian province of Hainaut .
history
The building was built in 1975 in a large park with an arboretum . The Mariembourg with an estate belonging to Maria of Hungary , which was destroyed by the revolutionary French army in 1794 , was once located here , remains are still visible. The industrial family Warocqué built a mansion here and the last private owner Raoul Warocqué died on May 28, 1917 without heirs . He bequeathed the park, palace, library and its collections to the Belgian state with the intention of turning it into a museum. His secretary and librarian Richard Schellinck became the first curator of the Museum of Mariemont. In 1934 Paul Faider took over the management of the museum, the works of art were restored and cataloged. His wife, Germaine Faider, began teaching the museum in 1940. The building burned down on Christmas Eve 1960. Thanks to Germaine Faider, most of the objects could be saved, the mansion was completely destroyed except for the wing used today as an entrance.
A modern building was built in 1975 according to the plans of Roger Bastin (1913–1986). The new Royal Museum of Mariemont reopened on October 8, 1975.
Collections
The museum shows pictures and objects from ancient Egypt, Greece and the Far East . There are also illuminated manuscripts, lace , Roman archaeological finds from Hainaut and the largest collection of Tournai porcelain . The collection also includes the Schröder painter's name vase .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 3.9 " N , 4 ° 13 ′ 57.9" E