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Gourmet Library |
The most important gastronomic library in BelgiumOne of the biggest in EuropeMore than 17 000 cookery books and thousands documents There are 5 different collections ; the most important concerns the gastronomy. 1. Bibliotheca gastronomica :17 000 books
about food, arts of the table and tobacco, mainly in
Europe and particularly in Belgium:
bibliographies, history, recipes of all times, home economics, food chemistry, advertisements, iconography, literature, music, etc. 2. Collection about art history and archaeology :2 500 books concerning architecture, painting, pieces of furniture, decoration, ironworks, silversmith's work, glass-making, ceramic, etc. 3. Collection about dance and choreography :2 000 books about dance concerning notably bibliography, biographies, history of the dance and ballet, notebooks, dictionaries, anatomy, movement, technical manual workers (ballet, modern dance, jazz, Spanish dance, traditional dance, social dance), high schools, companies of ballet, literature, iconography, etc. 4. Collection Georges Plumier :Local archives (Hermalle-sous-Huy) and dialectal literature. 5. Collection about script and Post :Documentation linked to the Museum Postes restantes by depositing your manuscripts, books, or family menus ! The
reading room is opened to the public only by appointement. An expense
participation is asked. The works are accessible in consultation, on
the spot only.  Attention : Please, replace [arobase] by @ in the address which comes in your messaging software! This method spares us the unwanted messages. Thank you for your understanding. In the French part of this site, you will find feature articles based on books of the library. |
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