Oudenburg (Belgium) - reopening of the museum

[Robert Vermaat]

Fectio was in Oudenburg last Saturday, for the first regular day of the re-opened Roman Archaeological Museum after a 4-year rebuilding project. It was all very very new. No grass yet outside, unpainted concrete ceilings, but also a very modern multi-media approach combined with a (mostly) very well-presented collection. Much Late Roman stuff of course, which was one of the reasons for us being there. :mrgreen: Not too many visitors, because of the very good weather and the close proximity of the Belgian coast - museums are for grey days.. Not that we complained, we had our sunhats with us and 'Fumus' the draco flew his purple tail with glee!

A very pleasant surprise was the visit of fellow-member Luc de Vos (Lucius Vulpes) (Scales the fast Way, remember?) who came just to see us. Luc gave me a very interesting tour of the museum witha lot of background info. Thanks again Luc, your replicas look really awesome!

Andreas (Chariovalda) educating the hard way - dressing the visitors up in kilos of equipment.


The sun is out and so is Jeroen (Hieronymus), playing with 'Fumus' the draco.


Luc (If he falls from the picture as he does on my screen, click here) with his creations which he made for the Oudenburg museum.


Yrs truly with another of our 'victims'.