Biography herge tintin museum

Museum dedicated to the life and work of Belgian cartoonist Hergé

The Musée Hergé, or Hergé Museum, is a museum in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé, creator of the series of comic albums, The Adventures of Tintin.

Biography herge tintin museum

The museum is located in the centre of Louvain-la-Neuve, on the edge of a green park, Le Parc de la Source. Its address is "Rue Labrador 26", Tintin's first home in the books. It was designed by the French architect Christian de Portzamparc,^[1] with interiors designed by the cartoonist Joost Swarte,^[2][3] and opened in June 2009.^[4] It consists of three floors with a total of nine exhibition rooms, a café, museum shop and mini cinema.^[5]

History

The idea of a museum dedicated to the work of Hergé can be traced back to the end of the 1970s, when Hergé himself was still alive.

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