Hergé Museum

Being a die hard Tintin fan growing up reading his comics and watching his cartoons, Herge Museum was my main reason to visit Brussels. Visited as free entry on 1st Sunday of the month. Of course, this place has lot of Tintin stuff for fans but do keep in mind this is Herge (Georges Remi) Museum and focuses more on creator of Tintin. You learn about his family, inspirations behind Tintin characters, how things got affected by world war and there are some nice props from Tintin like Thompson Thomson car, Rocket from Destination of moon, Shark Submarine from Red Rackram's treasure. Lots of photo opportunities. The garden outside with Herge statue is also very good and there are free locker rooms to keep your luggage. Free audioguide can be connected with museum wifi to learn more about Herge. The overall infrastructure of museum is very good. The only sad part is the location of Herge Museum at louvain la neuve which is 1 hr from Brussels city by train. But when Tintin can travel to any corner of the world, why can't his fans travel to this corner for him?

If you used to read Tintin as a child this museum will be a heartwarming experience, as the visitor has the opportunity to see the original sketches of the comic. This museum is dedicated to the art of Hergé who other than an amazing comic artist he had other talents as well, in Herge museum the visitor can also admire his lesser known works.

For any true Tintin buff, this is the place to be. What an exceptional experience to go through in this museum, so well designed over 3 floors. Each corner one passed one is welcomed by so many of displays from the Tintin creator. It is a great honor to visit Tintin exhibition and I would not hesitate to come back for another adventure with Tintin and his friends. Highly recommended for young and old to go for a visit there while visiting Louvain

Highly highly recommended if a Tintin fan. The museum is very well laid out and it’s very enticing. Recommend downloading the audio guide on App Store.

A fantastic way to spend a couple of hours in Belgium. This museum is located 40minutes away from Brussels by train but is well worth the visit. The interactive quiz that guests solve as they walk through the museum is an uniquely engaging strategy indeed. The props and storyboards as well as the audio guide make the world of Herge come alive. The museum gift shop is also lovely with some items priced decently so that no one leaves for home empty handed. A must see place when visiting Belgium.

The Hergé museum salubrate the founder of Tintin it is super famous in Europe like Desney for USA. The impact of Tintin was to learning to read understand and suck into the detailed ankmations in the book as well as all face expressions. By the side the city is car free streets änd newly built. Perfect walk from railway station too.

Stunning design of the museum. Lots of information, interesting enough for children as well. I would not recommend it for very young children, they would get easily bored. Parking is a bother, but I had figured that out before coming so just park under the town square in the big garage. We got lucky and visited the museum on the first Sunday of the month which was free. The gift shop has some well priced items and some insanely priced items, bought something out of appreciation for the works of art that I had seen on display.

Great place to learn more about Herge, interesting material, a museum well organised. Had a lot of families visiting.

A great place for all things Hergé, but if you're not a diehard fan, I wouldn't make the trek all the way out to Louvain-la-Neuve unless you actually live or study here. The entrance fee is reasonable, and the gift shop has pretty much everything and anything you can ever want with all your favorite characters from the Tintin series, but other than that there's quite a bit left to be desired. No photos are allowed in the museum save for at the ground level which is a damn shame, and the cafeteria serves typical not quite worth the money museum fare which you probably shouldn't be eating given the amazing food choices you'll find in Belgium. As a Tintin fan, I enjoyed the museum immensely, but if my trip was any shorter than a week, I could probably think of betters things to do in the four hours it took me to get here, visit the museum, and head back to Brussels.

As a life-long fan of Hergé's Tintin comic series, i was excited to hear that they recently opened a museum dedicated to his work and passion. the 9 euro entry gets you access to the entire museum, and instead of headphones that just tell you about the pieces you're looking at, they provide an iPod touch to interact with each room you are in and each display. There are sound bytes of interviews with Hergé, as well as original documents and news clips from each era in which he wrote for historical context. the museum holds everything from original sketches of the Tintin comics, countless photos and videos of Hergé and his family growing up, as well as many of his original advertisement posters and work from before Tintin. When i was there for the Christmas holidays they had an exhibit on peoples and culture of Brazil and Peru to coincide with the research Hergé conducted to write Tintin and the Broken Ear. I didn't see a whole lot else in the surrounding area/town, but the Musée Hergé is ABSOLUTELY worth the trip for fans, and even if you're on the way from Paris to Brussels, or on the road and you're passing the area you can either spend all day in the museum (i didn't get to the café but there were plenty of people eating) or stop in for a quick 2-hour jaunt. Nouvain-la-Neuve was easy to navigate, and there were plenty of signs to get to the museum and parking.

Came here because my sons love TinTin. If you have fans of the cartoon this is a cool place to go to. The museum goes into how TinTin came about and how Herge started the cartoon. and the fact that he was a scout, which was a great surprise for my boys. Entry fee is not bad and the audio tour is free. The cafe is alright, a bit expensive but the museum is within walking distance of some cool places to eat at. This is a must see!

Love that tintin museum exist!!! For all tintin fans, you have to come n visit while you are in Belgium. Definately you will not be disapointed. If you are planning on to go to visit.. remember - every First Sunday of the month you can enter for free!!! Yes.. it's Free!! Double the joy for tintin fans!! :)

A very thorough exploration of Hergé's life and work, augmented by the excellent design typical of the museums I've seen in the Low Countries so far. It really captures the aspects of Tintin's world that made it so captivating and uncovers a ton of influences (did you know that Prof. Calculus was inspired by Auguste Piccard, inventor of the bathyscaphe?). It was also fun to learn the original French names of the characters (Snowy was "Milou") as well as Dutch (Tintin is "Kuifje"). To its credit, the museum doesn't totally shy away from the racist and stereotypical aspects of Hergé's work, demonstrating how his later comics are much less likely to reduce characters to one or two traits. I did not, however, see any reference to his WWII activities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9#Post-war_controversy:_1944.E2.80.9346

Wonderful, inspiring museum. Recommend highly - audio guides really complement the exhibition. Worth the train trip from Brussels. The museum restaurant is really good too, with tasty and generous children's options.