Closure of the Grand Curtius on 20 June 2022
Due to strike action on Monday 20 June 2022, the Grand Curtius will be closed.
Due to strike action on Monday 20 June 2022, the Grand Curtius will be closed.
The tram construction site in Liège is starting its work phase in the Rue Féronstrée, which will be closed to car traffic from May 2022. The Grand Curtius will remain open at its usual times and days via its entrance: Féronstrée, 136 - 4000 Liège.
Due to the strike actions on Friday 22 April 2022, the Grand Curtius will be closed.
The Grand Curtius adapts its timetable at the end of the year.
Due to strike action on Monday 6 December 2021, the Grand Curtius will be closed.
The Grand Curtius will be closed on November 1, 2 and 11, 2021.
This remarkable lamp graced living rooms, dining rooms and offices in England and the USA during three quarters of the 19th century.
Kris
19th century
Indonesia, Sumatra ? Uncertain provenance.
In May 2020, the Grand Curtius is Highlighting this medal portraying Queen Elisabeth, originally intended, during the World War I, to reward anyone who has devoted a year to war reliefs. The medal, with a red cross under the ribbon, was intended especially for health care workers and nurses whose quiet devotion and sacrifice greatly helped to ease the suffering of many sick and wounded.
In this month of intense medical activity, the Grand Curtius is highlighting this Delft earthenware pharmacy jar dating from the early 18th century, found in the Bavarian hospital. The inscription at the centre of the jar provides information about its contents: the Andromachean theriac, from the Greek thêriakos meaning "that which concerns poisonous beasts". A remedy sometimes adulated, sometimes denounced, let it take you on a journey through the centuries of its history, from Ancient Greece to the mysterious pharmacies of Liège, not forgetting the doctor of Emperor Nero, whose name it will retain.