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The Yper Museum has some beautiful, unique paintings depicting religious scenes, thanks to the rich collection of the almshouses. This has not gone unnoticed by the academic world. On 21 January, Prof. Didier Martens and his assistant Alexandere Dimov visited the depot. Didier Martens is Professor of Art History at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Alexandre Dimov works at the Centre de recherches Histoire, Arts et Culture des Sociétés anciennes, médiévales et modernes.

The two valuable paintings of Margaret of Austria and her cousin Charles V from the Ypres Museum are attracting international attention. Until 10 January 2021, they will be on display at the Centre Charlemagne, the brand new city museum in Aachen, Germany. The exhibition “The Purchased Emperor - Charles V's Coronation and a Changing World” is currently on display there.

The Musée Rops in Namur is hosting a particularly interesting exhibition on the relationship between Belgian artists and the art market between 1850 and 1900, featuring work by Ieper. The exhibition is called Adjugé! and runs until 3 January 2021.

The magical stained-glass window in the council chamber is the icing on the cake of the rebuilt Ypres Cloth Hall. The stained-glass scenes vividly summarise Ypres' medieval past. It looks like a comic strip and is the ideal start to a visit to the Ypres Museum. The stained-glass window is full of unique details. Feast your eyes on the cheeky Ypres cats, vain jesters and the occasional furtive glance where love is blossoming.

The Ypres Museum has acquired a beautiful engraving by Jan Thomas van Yperen, Rubens' right-hand man. The Ypres Museum now has two beautiful paintings, a watercolour copy, an etching and this beautiful engraving by Jan Thomas van Yperen in its collection. The new print is the oldest work in the series. The engraving was purchased from an art dealer in Dresden for 158 euros.

The Ypres Museum has acquired an original “Ouvrié” painting of Ypres. It is a beautiful, large watercolour, signed and dated: “Hôtel de ville d’Ypres, 18 Août 1848, Justin Ouvrié”.

The Ypres Museum has acquired a beautiful new work of art. Le Destin by Poperinge artist Louis Delbeke (1821-1891) is now part of the Ypres museum collection. Delbeke is best known for his murals in the Cloth Hall, which were unfortunately destroyed during the First World War. He painted this oil painting in 1866. In the same year, he exhibited it at the Brussels Salon. It then disappeared into private hands, until now.

This pair of beautiful leather boots from the riding school is now part of the collection. The Ypres Museum is delighted with this acquisition, as the number of objects relating to the city's equestrian history is rather limited. In the museum, photographs, a pastel by Louise De Hem and a saddle keep the memory of the riding school alive. These exceptionally well-preserved boots are a beautiful, tangible addition to this piece of Ypres history.

The Yper Museum has a special collection of old photographs. All of them were taken in Ypres and the surrounding area, or by residents of Ypres themselves. Did you know that one of the oldest photographs preserved in our country is on display in the Ypres Museum? It is a daguerreotype by Pierre Spotbeen from 1844. Daguerreotypes are images on silver-plated copper plates. The process was purchased by the French state in 1839. A few years later, Ypres already had its first photographers.

A roller coaster as heritage and museum piece? Why not! The beetle that pulled the legendary beetle track at the Bellewaerde amusement park in Ypres has been on display at the Yper Museum since 7 February 2023. It made its very last ride in November 2022. The Ypres Museum wouldn't be the Ypres Museum if they didn't immediately give the cute little car a name: Yvette Vitesse.

Every year, Ypres hosts the Gevleugelde Stad street theatre festival. International artists give their all. Street theatre has a long history and tradition. In the nineteenth century, Serafijn Vermote depicted this in two beautiful paintings.

Cats inspire. And when cats and local artists find each other, that's interesting for the Yper Museum. With this philosophy in mind, two sculptures by Nick Ervinck were added to the collection. This artist from the region became intrigued by cats in the exhibition POES. How cats captivate humans. He created two sculptures especially for this exhibition, EGKLEAT and ONSEPOTS. The museum subsequently added them to its collection and they are now on display in the main exhibition.