Lumina Domestica in Brugges

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  Diana Roldán

  :: 21 April 2018 06:36:06

  Waste of time. Bizarre place that seems to exist solely to indulge in the owner’s hoarding habit. Creepy mannequins hidden throughout are completely out of place, unnecessary and just plain odd. There are so many more places to go in Bruges, skip this one.

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  David Crepaz-Keay

  :: 12 March 2018 15:58:56

  Excellent museum with a vast collection of lights from the earliest rush and stick torches through oil lamps to modern electric lighting. Full of interesting information, an unexpected gem.

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  Remo Bade

  :: 23 July 2017 01:32:13

  粗糙不加粉飾的磚牆上掛著 Choco-Story和Lumina Domestica 兩個標誌牌，表明這所建築中還有個 Lumina Domestica，它也是一個博物館，不過是關於燈泡的室內照明博物館。很有意思這兩個博物館怎麼會安排在一起。

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  Jean Paul De Cloet

  :: 10 May 2015 11:10:11

  Af te raden. Men kan dit museum enkel bezoeken als men ook het chocomuseum of het frietmuseum bezoekt. Men moet dus verplicht een combiticket nemen als men het lampenmuseum wil bezoeken. Dat is koppelverkoop en is dus wettelijk verboden.

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  Alison J-B

  :: 01 December 2012 19:58:57

  Lumina is housed in the same museum as the Chocolate Museum in Bruges. It only costs an extra €4 which is a real bargain. The museum takes the visitor through the history of lighting and consists of one man's collection of over 6,500 lamps from the earliest rough stone prehistoric lamps through to highly decorative candlesticks and oil lamps from the 20th century. There are also very early light-bulbs and lighting-related advertising. When you think about it, the ability to light our homes probably changed human lives than almost anything else, so it's fascinating to see how technologies (and lighting efficiency) changed over the centuries, thus allowing us to do more in the dark hours. Now we enjoy bright light 24 hours a day if required, so imagine what it was like for people when they were first able to bring a dim and feeble glow into their homes that allowed them to extend their leisure and working hours. The collection is extraordinary and will appeal to anyone who loves archaeology, antiques, the history of interiors, product design or technology. There is an extensive display of Roman oil lamps, and wonderful medieval lamps in various styles and designs. The displays are well-presented in this modern museum that is located in one of the historic buildings of Bruges. If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed by the busy city streets and local attractions then you should wander round Lumina as it's a rarely visited gem. When we went, the part of the building that is The Chocolate Story was nicely busy, however we looked round Lumina all by ourselves - not one other visitor was to be seen. When we mentioned this to the woman at the reception desk she told us that the chocolate museum routinely had about 500 visitors a day, whereas a good day attendance at Lumina was only 5 or 6 people. Yes, you read that right... 5 or 6 individuals. Very sad. We do hope it won't have to close.