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Closure of the Grand Curtius on 1 and 2 November 2025

Boutique du Musée Grand Curtius - Musée de Liège
Tombeau d'un guerrier Franc - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège
Tombeau d'un guerrier Franc - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège
Pierre tombale du Chevalier Antoine - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège
Epitaphe au transi - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège
Epitaphe au transi - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège
Monument funéraire présentant une Crucifixion et un gisant et la Mise au Tombeau - Musée Curtius - Musée de Liège

Don't forget, the Grand Curtius will be closed on 1 and 2 November.

Did you know?
The Grand Curtius houses striking works that tell the story of our relationship with death, funeral rites and the afterlife.

Among them:

  • The tomb of a 6th-century Frankish warrior, discovered in Herstal, with his sword, flint and personal belongings, ready to face eternity.
  • A medieval tombstone with a primitive design, that of Chevalier Antoine, presumed founder of the former priory of Saint-Nicolas en Glain in the 13th century.
  • A decomposing recumbent effigy (known as a transi), eaten away by worms, sculpted in 1537, a striking figure of human decomposition, set in a Renaissance setting.
  • A 15th-century funerary monument depicting a Crucifixion and a recumbent effigy, sculpted in black Tournai stone, from the tombstone of Thierry de Heetvelde.
  • A depiction of Christ's burial, a high relief in limestone attributed to a realist workshop, formerly located in the Church of Saint-Pierre in Dreux.

These works are not just relics: they are powerful reminders of our relationship with memory, with death, and with what connects us to past generations.

Come and (re)discover them in the museum's permanent collections: https://www.grandcurtius.be/en/museums-collections

We look forward to seeing you soon at our museum:
> in the exhibition ‘Hidden Treasures of the Liège Archaeological Institute’: https://www.grandcurtius.be/en/taxonomy/term/6/hidden-treasures-liege-archaeological-institute

> or during our upcoming activities: https://www.grandcurtius.be/fr/actualites/agenda

Photo and image captions:

1 - Croisières du Le Prince Albert - Copyright Ville de Liège

2 - Boutique du Musée Grand Curtius - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius

3 - Cour du Musée Grand Curtius - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius

4 - Tombe d'un guerrier Franc - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius

5 - Pierre tombale du Chevalier Antoine - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius

6 - Epitaphe au transi - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius

7 - Composition à partir d'oeuvres du Musée,  de gauche à droite : Monument funéraire présentant une Crucifixion et un gisant et la Mise au Tombeau - Copyright Ville de Liège - Grand Curtius