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Opening hours

01/01/2020 - 12/12/2020

Mon-Sun 09:00-17:00

01/01/2021 - 12/12/2021

Mon-Sun 09:00-17:00

Contact information

+32 11 70 18 18 info.toerisme@sint-truiden.be www.visitsinttruiden.be

Location

Diesterstraat z/n, 3800 SINT-TRUIDEN

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In many ways then wandering through the museum, visitors take a cultural trip through the museum, visitors take a cultural trip through time. That impression is strengthened by the period rooms from the Renaissance to Biedermeier. The interiors and the zeitgeist are preserved there, too, as visitors are invited tot take a trip back in time.

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