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Prison Museum Landloperskapel Merksplas

Prison Museum Landloperskapel Merksplas

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Prison Museum Landloperskapel Merksplas

Name: Prison Museum Landloperskapel Merksplas
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Location: Merksplas, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Viviane

October 7, 2023

The Prison Museum is located in the tramp chapel.
There are two storylines in the prison museum:
- “Punishments and crimes through the centuries”. This story also reflects the origins and evolution of the Belgian prison system, with attention to the reception of vagrants and the evolution of human rights in prisons.
- "Life as it was" of the vagabonds in the former vagabond colonies in the Northern Kempen.

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Viviane

October 7, 2023

OPENING HOURS

The Prison Museum is located in the Landloper Chapel, Kapelstraat 9, Merksplas.

The Prison Museum is open from March 1, 2024 to December 19. 2024.

> Individual visitors are welcome on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

> Groups are welcome by appointment, every day of the week, except Sunday afternoon.

Choose your program and complete the booking form: link to CONTACT

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 10, 2024

The Prison Museum is located in the tramp chapel. A guide will tell you the cultural-historical story of the vagabonds in the vagabond colonies of Merksplas and Wortel, which is inextricably linked to the context of poverty and justice. The guide tells the history of “Punishments and Crimes through the Centuries” of the Belgian Prison System, and of “Life as it was” of the vagabonds, who were locked up when being poor was still a crime...

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