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The White Canons Presbytery (1742) now houses the Woutershof Local History Museum. It provides a unique insight into daily life and a classroom around 1900.

Experience 600 years of history highlighting the presence of women at Herkenrode.

The Experience Centre focuses on the abbey's story, with a chronological journey through the fascinating 600-years history of Herkenrode, highlighting the presence of the women, and the periods of prosperity and decline. Their story comes to life thanks to the audio guide "In the Abbess's own words". Immerse yourself in the magnificent past of this women's abbey. Experience and explore their lives!

In addition to being a painter and sculptor, Staf Timmers is also a passionate gardener who has made his garden into a work of art.

There you will walk from one surprise to another, full of idyllic corners, with first a park with tall trees, to then be immersed in a maze of art and nature. It is not just a sculpture park, but a garden in which every sculpture has its own place. Art and nature form an expressive and organic whole there.

You can also walk into his workshop and see how an idea grows from a design in putty to a monumental bronze work of art, and how a simple sketch inspires the creation of a fully expressive painting.

The church of the Béguinage

This late Romanesque - early Gothic church boasts a rare and magnificent series of 38 murals and pillar paintings dating back to the 13th-17th centuries. Together with the oldest complete church organ in existence in Belgium (by Christian Ancion, 1644), these paintings amount to an impressive piece of world heritage.