Musée De La Vie Rurale En Wallonie

One of the more interesting museums I visited this past month was the open-air Musée De La Vie Rurale En Wallonie. It is a remarkable compound in Saint-Hubert, on a nature reserve, consisting of original and reproduced structures representing provincial, rural life in 18th and 19th century Belgium. This area is referred to as Fourneau St. Michel and there are other museums nearby as well.

Inside each building you could get a glimpse of precursors to Whole Foods, Kinko’s, and Saks shoe department…

As expected, there are no McMansions here. Houses used to be small yet efficient…how did women live without walk-in closets back then?

A few of my favorites are the white schoolhouse and chapel. And where they parked their rides!

I’ve always wanted to convert a large barn into a house…wonder if they’d sell this one to me (first photo), ha!

June 5, 2011