Exhibition “What if I was 20 in the 1900s : Lessines during the Belle Époque”
27 April 2024 - 30 August 2025
Upcoming event : Exhibition “What if I was 20 in the 1900s : Lessines during the Belle Époque” 
From the 27th of April 2024 to the 31th of January 2025.
About the exhibition : Discover the tumultuous life of Valentine, a young woman living in Lessines at the start of the 20th century. 
Go through her troubled childhood, her struggle for emancipation and discover her commitment to the Hospital Notre-Dame à la Rose. 
Collaborations : This project was realised with the support of : Athénée Royal René Magritte, Cercle de Généalogie de Lessines, and other local partners. 
Immersion : Narrated tours, immersive podcasts and more! Discover the history of your city from a new angle. 
Special event : A typical folk ball of the 1900s on August the third 2024! 
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Office de Tourisme : Expose your family souvenirs in the Tourist Office. We are looking for objets dating from 1880 until 1920. Contact Gertrude Raulier at 068/33.36.90 or via info@visitlessines.be 
Combi ticket+ (Museum and exhibition) 
Duration of the tour : 4h (the garden can be visited with an audioguide)
Spend an entire day on our site enjoying the museum and its gardens in the morning, if you also wish, book your dinner at La Table d’Alix via their booking tool. In the afternoon, an immersion in the Belle Époque is offered via our exhibition.
The tour starts at 2pm, after your museumvisit.
Formula only exhibition
Duration of the tour : 2h
Discover Valentine’s life through various tools such as her diary or audio capsules of key moments of her life.
The tour starts at 2pm, after your museumvisit.
Entrance fee
Adults : 5€/person
Seniors & students : 3€/person
Children (<12 ans) : Free entrance
Person with special needs : Free entrance, 2€ supporting person
Inhabitants of Lessines : Free entrance
Article 27 : 1.25€/ person
Press : Free entrance
MuseumPass, ICOM card, ICOMOS card, 365.be, teachers card : Free entrance
Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps 
Dramatised visits (only in French)
Duration of the visit : 1h30
Also discover the dramatised visits accompanied by two characters, one from the proletariat and the other from the bourgeoisie. Discover the Belle Époque in an immersive and extraordinary experience.
The actors who will lead these visits are part of La Troupe du Cactus
When?
Start of the visite at 3.30 pm
On Sunday the 14th July, 2024, during the Saint-Camillus, Patron Saint of nurses! They can participate free of charge if they show up at the reception in work clothes or if the show their badge 
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Sunday, decembre 15, 2024
Sunday, janvier 12, 2025
Entrance fee
For adults, seniors and students, the price is 13€ per person, including a consumption of coffee, soft or absinthe.
Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps
Annonce Importante / Belangrijke Mededeling 
Article 27 : 1.25€/ person
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps