Centre belge de la bande dessinée - Bruxelles, Belgique
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un musée de la bande dessinée situé à Bruxelles, Belgique / a comic strip museum located in Brussels, Belgium
Waymark Code: WM188JR
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date Posted: 06/19/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Selon Wikipedia, "le Centre belge de la bande dessinée, ou Musée de la BD, est un musée consacré à la bande dessinée. Il est installé à Bruxelles, rue des Sables, dans le bâtiment art nouveau conçu par Victor Horta en 1906 pour abriter les grands magasins de tissus Waucquez.

Après une complète restauration des lieux de 1984 à 1989, le Centre belge de la bande dessinée ouvre ses portes le 6 octobre 1989.

Devenu un grand musée à vocation internationale, le centre abrite une exposition permanente qui retrace l’histoire de la bande dessinée et qui présente cet Art en faisant la part belle à différents auteurs classiques et contemporains ainsi que plusieurs expositions temporaires sur, par exemple, des auteurs en particulier, (tels que Hergé, Franquin, Peyo, Bob de Moor, Vandersteen, Walthéry, mais aussi Will Eisner, Posy Simmonds, etc.) un style de BD ou encore une édition. Le Centre possède également une imposante bibliothèque de bandes dessinées et un centre de documentation accessible au public (à tel point que le bâtiment Horta seul ne suffit pas à contenir toutes les BD).

Il organise également des rencontres entre les auteurs et le public, des cours de bande dessinée pendant l'année et des stages pendant les vacances".

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According to Wikipedia, "the Belgian Comic Strip Center (French: Centre belge de la Bande dessinée; Dutch: Belgisch Stripcentrum) is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to Belgian comics. It is located at 20, rue des Sables/Zandstraat, in an Art Nouveau building designed by Victor Horta, and can be accessed from Brussels-Congress railway station and Brussels Central Station.

After a complete restoration of the premises from 1984 to 1989, the Belgian Comic Strip Center opened its doors on October 6, 1989.

Having become a large museum with an international vocation, the center houses a permanent exhibition which retraces the history of comic strips and which presents this Art by giving pride of place to various classic and contemporary authors as well as several temporary exhibitions on, for example, authors in particular (such as Hergé, Franquin, Peyo, Bob de Moor, Vandersteen, Walthéry, but also Will Eisner, Posy Simmonds, etc.) a style of comics or even an edition. The Center also has an impressive library of comics and a documentation center accessible to the public (so much so that the Horta building alone is not enough to contain all the comics).

It also organizes meetings between authors and the public, comic strip classes during the year and internships during the holidays".

Source: Internet

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Name: Centre belge de la bande dessinée / Musée de la BD

Location:
CBBD Rue des Sables 20 1000 Bruxelles


Phone Number: + 32 (0)2 219 19 80

Web Site: [Web Link]

Agency/Ownership: Public

Hours of operation:
Horaires : lundi Fermé mardi 10h00–18h00 mercredi 10h00–18h00 jeudi 10h00–18h00 vendredi 10h00–18h00 samedi 10h00–18h00 dimanche 10h00–18h00


Admission Fee: 13

Gift Shop: yes

Cafe/Restaurant: yes

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