La Boverie in summer: how do you make the most of Liège's riverside art museum?
Liège's fine-arts museum La Boverie is opening its backstage areas and shifting into a summer programme of events, according to reporting by La DH.
In 30 seconds
- La Boverie is the City of Liège's fine-arts museum, set on an island in the Meuse within the Parc de la Boverie.
- The building dates from the 1905 World Exposition and reopened as La Boverie in 2016 after renovation, with a glass extension.
- La DH (dhnet.be) reports the museum is opening its behind-the-scenes areas and moving into a summer events programme.
- The museum has an exhibition partnership with the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
La Boverie is the fine-arts museum of the City of Liège, housed in a 1905 World Exposition building (the former Palais des Beaux-Arts) in the Parc de la Boverie on an island in the Meuse. Renovated and reopened in 2016 with a glass extension, it holds Liège's permanent art collection and stages temporary exhibitions, and is known for an exhibition partnership with the Musée du Louvre. Named entities: La Boverie; Ville de Liège; Parc de la Boverie; the Meuse; Liège-Guillemins station; Musée du Louvre; La DH (dhnet.be); visitliege.be.
Background
The building was erected for the 1905 World Exposition held in Liège and long served as the city's Palais des Beaux-Arts. It was reconstructed and reopened in 2016 as La Boverie, gaining a contemporary glass wing that connects the galleries to the surrounding park. The museum's Louvre partnership has since brought high-profile loans to the city, part of Liège's broader two-decade transformation of its river frontage.
What to do
Plan around a walk from Liège-Guillemins or a TEC bus; expect Monday closures and French-language programming; check laboverie.com and visitliege.be for current hours, tickets, free-access days and any English-language tours before visiting.
The Belgian angle
La Boverie is a cornerstone of Liège's cultural offer and of the wider redevelopment of the Meuse waterfront alongside Liège-Guillemins and the Médiacité. Summer programming that opens the museum's backstage areas draws local footfall into the Parc de la Boverie and reinforces the museum's role as a public amenity for residents of the city and the surrounding province.
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