Reopening KBR museum on 23 May 2025
The KBR museum, the place where the manuscript collection of the Burgundian dukes shines, will reopen its doors on 23 May 2025 with a unique musical experience. We will let the sound of polyphonic singers from the 15th and 16th centuries resound!
Belgium has been hiding a treasure for 600 years
A musical experience
On 23 May 2025, the KBR museum is reopening with a new dimension. In addition to the tale of the Medieval miniaturists, we will now also tell the story of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic singers.
Just like the Flemish primitives in art and the miniaturists in the manuscripts, composers, singers and musicians from the Low Countries set the tone on the musical stage from the 15th and 16th century. You now have the chance to discover these precious words, pictures and sounds … Visit the KBR museum and immerse yourself in the music from the days of the Dukes of Burgundy.
Dive in deeper with lectures, concerts and workshops which bring the Burgundy era and the polyphonic world to life.
A museum for everyone
Everybody is different, and so is every museum visit. Choose which course you want to follow in the museum:
- In-depth tour: Savour the knowledge from Dukes’ library. We offer in-depth information on all the documents on display. Take the time to explore each piece in detail.
- Discovery tour: Everything you need to know, in a nutshell. The explanations are shorter, but equally historically correct.
- Children’s tour: Child-friendly explanations – secretly also fun for adults.
Are you visiting the museum with children? Be sure to read the page about the children’s tour and discover how there is something for every age.



A page is turned every 6 months
Did you know that a manuscript is too fragile to be on display all the time? In order to protect them, we change the exhibits 2 times a year.
Museum experience
There is a lot to experience at the KBR museum. Characters from the manuscripts dance on the ceiling and whisper in your ear. You can also touch: feel the materials from which a manuscript is made.
Do you prefer to get hands-on with history? Design your own miniature, test your copying skills or date a manuscript on the screens you activate with your digital bracelet.
Practical information
Dive deeper into the Middle Ages







