Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose - Lessines

Exhibition "What if I was 20 in the 1900s : Lessines during the Belle Époque"
2024-04-27 - 2025-08-30 | Arsenal des Pompiers de Lessines, Rue des Quatre frères Aymon, Lessines, Hainaut, 7860
🎭 Upcoming event : Exhibition “What if I was 20 in the 1900s : Lessines during the Belle Époque” 📅 From the 27th of April 2024 to the 31th of January 2025.
🌟 About the exhibition : Discover the tumultuous life of Valentine, a young woman living in Lessines at the start of the 20th century. 🏡👩‍🎓 Go through her troubled childhood, her struggle for emancipation and discover her commitment to the Hospital Notre-Dame à la Rose. 🏥
🤝 Collaborations : This project was realised with the support of : Athénée Royal René Magritte, Cercle de Généalogie de Lessines, and other local partners. 📚🛠️
👂 Immersion : Narrated tours, immersive podcasts and more! Discover the history of your city from a new angle. 🎧📖
🎉 Special event : A typical folk ball of the 1900s on August the third 2024! 🕺💃
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🏛️ Office de Tourisme : Expose your family souvenirs in the Tourist Office. We are looking for objets dating from 1880 until 1920. Contact Gertrude Raulier at 068/33.36.90 or via info@visitlessines.be 🕰️📸

Combi ticket+ (Museum and exhibition) 🖼️

⏱️ Duration of the tour : 4h (the garden can be visited with an audioguide)
Spend an entire day on our site enjoying the museum and its gardens in the morning, if you also wish, book your dinner at La Table d’Alix via their booking tool. In the afternoon, an immersion in the Belle Époque is offered via our exhibition.
🕰️ The tour starts at 2pm, after your museumvisit.

🪙 Entrance fee

🧑🏻 Adults : 15€/person
🧓🏻👨🏻‍🎓 Seniors & students : 12€/person
🧒🏻 Children (6-12 years) : 5€/ person
🧑🏻‍🦯🧑🏻‍🦽 Person with special needs : Free entrance, 7€ supporting person
🗝️ Inhabitants Lessines : Free entrance
👶🏻 Children (<6 years) : Free entrance
Article 27 : 1.25€/ person
📰 Press : Free entrance
🌐 MuseumPass, ICOM card, ICOMOS card, 365.be, teachers card : Free entrance

🔗 Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps 👇🏻

Reservation

Formula only exhibition 🖼️

⏱️ Duration of the tour : 2h
Discover Valentine’s life through various tools such as her diary or audio capsules of key moments of her life.
🕰️ The tour starts at 2pm, after your museumvisit.

🪙 Entrance fee

🧑🏻 Adults : 5€/person
🧓🏻👨🏻‍🎓 Seniors & students : 3€/person
🧒🏻Children (<12 ans) : Free entrance
🧑🏻‍🦯🧑🏻‍🦽 Person with special needs : Free entrance, 2€ supporting person
🗝️ Inhabitants of Lessines : Free entrance
Article 27 : 1.25€/ person
📰 Press : Free entrance
🌐 MuseumPass, ICOM card, ICOMOS card, 365.be, teachers card : Free entrance

🔗 Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps 👇🏻

Reservation

Dramatised visits (only in French) 🎭

⏱️ Duration of the visit : 1h30
Also discover the dramatised visits accompanied by two characters, one from the proletariat and the other from the bourgeoisie. Discover the Belle Époque in an immersive and extraordinary experience.
The actors who will lead these visits are part of La Troupe du Cactus

🗓️ When?

🕰️ Start of the visite at 3.30 pm

☀️ On Sunday the 14th July, 2024, during the Saint-Camillus, Patron Saint of nurses! They can participate free of charge if they show up at the reception in work clothes or if the show their badge 🧑🏻‍⚕️💉
👉🏻 Saturday, July 27, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, August 11, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, September 15, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, October 6, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, November 10, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, December 15, 2024
👉🏻 Sunday, January 12, 2025
👉🏻 Sunday, May 25, 2025
👉🏻 Sunday, June 15, 2025
👉🏻 Sunday, July 20, 2025
👉🏻 Sunday, August 30, 2025

🪙 Entrance fee

🧑🏻🧓🏻👨🏻‍🎓 For adults, seniors and students, the price is 13€ per person, including a consumption of coffee, soft or absinthe.

🔗 Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps 👇🏻

Reservation

Guided tours 👥

Guided tours are also possible on request and prior reservation by email at info@notredamealarose.be !

Dramatised tours (in French only) – exhibition 🎭
2025-08-30 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | Arsenal des Pompiers de Lessines, Rue des Quatre frères Aymon, Lessines, Hainaut, 7860
⏱️ Duration of the visit : 1h30
Discover the dramatised tours (in French only) accompanied by two characters, one from the proletariat and the other from the bourgeoisie. Discover the Belle Époque through an immersive and extraordinary experience.
Jean-Pierre Williame and Loïce Gandibleux will be leading these tours!
🗓️ When?
🕰️ Start of the visite at 2.30 pm
👉🏻 Sunday January 26th 2024
👉🏻 Sunday February 23rd 2025
👉🏻 Sunday March 9th 2025
👉🏻 Sunday April 20th 2025
👉🏻 Sunday May 25th 2025
👉🏻 Sunday June 15th 2025
👉🏻 Sunday July 20th 2025
👉🏻 Saturday August 30th 2025

🪙 Entrance fee
🧑🏻🧓🏻👨🏻‍🎓 Pour les adultes, séniors et étudiants, le prix est de 10€ par personne.
🔗 Reservations
To book, simply click on the following button and follow the booking steps 👇🏻
Reservation

LOVE & SWING - Festive afternoon and grand ball with a Roaring Twenties theme 🎩
2025-08-30 16:00 - 2025-08-31 01:30 | Arsenal des Pompiers de Lessines, Rue des Quatre frères Aymon, Lessines, Hainaut, 7860
LOVE & SWING – Festive afternoon and grand ball with a Roaring Twenties theme 🎩
On Saturday 30 August from 4pm, at the Arsenal des Pompiers in Lessines

To round off the exhibition Et si j’avais 20 ans en 1900 in style, the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose and the Centre Culturel René Magritte invite you to a unique celebration.
Get ready to step back in time and plunge into the spellbinding atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties with LOVE & SWING: a big party where heritage flirts with music, theatre… and joie de vivre!
Bring the whole family – we’ve got plenty of entertainment for all ages, a bar and gourmet delights on site, and of course the chance to (re)discover our flagship exhibition Et si j’avais 20 ans en 1900 for the very last time: an unforgettable afternoon and evening in store!
The 1920s dress code is highly recommended: costumed visitors will be rewarded with something special!
ON THE PROGRAMME:

Dramatised tour of the exhibition Et si j’avais 20 ans en 1900 – 2.30pm (booking required, separate ticket)
A dramatised walk that will plunge you into the world of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie at the time of the Belle Epoque.
Family party afternoon – from 4pm
Traditional games, tattoos, fairground stalls and food trucks for young and old alike.

Introduction to swing dancing – 6pmLet the Jazz Maniacs guide you and learn a few steps to shine on the dance floor!
Acrobatic show by the exhibition’s bride and groom – 8pm
A touch of madness, a dash of romance, and artists twirling around in a surprise mini-show.

Live concert – The Viper’s Rhythm Band – 8:30 p.m.
Get ready for a wild and crazy atmosphere with the Viper’s Rhythm Band. It’s going to be a swinging start to the evening!
DJ Set until the end of the night – 10:30 p.m.
We’re extending the party with a retro-futuristic mix that will take you on a journey through the musical eras from the 1920s to today. An exclusive DJ Set by DJ FenX from Global Event Production.

🔗Event
Fee : from 3 until 15 €
Booking LOVE & SWING
Booking LOVE & SWING + visit of the museum, de exhibition of both.

HALLOWEEN 2025 : Vœux interdits
2025-10-31 17:00 - 2025-11-02 21:00 | Hopital Notre-Dame à la Rose
🎃 HALLOWEEN 2025 : Vœux interdits 👻
💀 Come and tremble at the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose on the weekend of October 31rst to November 2nd 2025.
😈 Young and old, angels and demons, shiver at the programme put together for this weekend of horror, in collaboration with the Bibliothèque communale Louis Scutenaire de Lessines.🕷️

📜 Programme of activities

Treasure hunt Souvenirs, mystères
On Friday, 31 October at 3:30 p.m., treasure hunt starting from the Bibliothèque Louis Scutenaire Lessines
👻 Adaline d’Ogy, a ghost who likes to wander around Lessines, has had her memories stolen by a mischievous Halloween spirit. She no longer knows where to go to spend Halloween evening with all her other friends! Through a treasure hunt and several challenges, come and discover the library’s collections and help Adaline recover her memories one by one!
👉 Retrouvez toutes les infos pratiques sur l’événement.

🔎 Throughout the weekend, teenagers and adults are invited to investigate a mysterious pact with the Devil as part of the big game Vœux interdits (in French) an immersive adventure in the museum’s galleries (duration: 2 hours). Pour les enfants accompagnés d’un adulte, à partir de 10 ans.
Envie d’un petit avant-goût!? Cliquez sur ce lien si vous l’osez ! 😱
🕯️ Meanwhile, younger visitors will enjoy spellbinding moments with stories, discoveries and little surprises tailored to their age group:
🕸️ Traditional and sensory games
🌳 Rencontrez Balthazar (in French): an immersive and captivating activity centred around a magical tree – for ages 8 and up
🌿 Vendredi et samedi : à 17h30 / 18h15 / 19h / 19h45 / 20h30
🌳 Dimanche : à 14h30 / 15h15 / 16h / 16h45 / 17h30
💄 Face painting at La Table d’Alix
📖 Readings (in French):
📘17h15 > 17h30 : from 2,5 ans until 4 years old
📗17h45 > 18h00 : from 2,5 ans until 4 years old
📙18h15 > 18h45 : from 4 until 6 years old
📕19h00 > 19h30 : from 6 until 8 years old
📚19h45 > 20h15 : from 8 until 12 years old
On Friday the 31st, readings will be performed by the Bibliothèque communale Louis Scutenaire de Lessines.
👻 For younger children, small activities in the Cloister:
🕰️ from 5pm to 8pm on Friday October 31st and Saturday November 1st
🕰️ from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday November 2nd
⚠️ PLEASE NOTE: exceptionally, there will be no guided tours at 3 p.m. on Sunday, 2 November 2025.
📅 When?
🌙 Friday 31 October and Saturday 1 November: from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (last admission at 9 p.m.). The museum will be open exceptionally from 10 a.m. on these dates.
☀️ Sunday, 2 November: from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (last admission at 5 p.m.)
📍Where ?
At the Hopital Notre-Dame à la Rose, Lessen
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Who is it for?
Families, children, teenagers and young adults: everyone is welcome!
🎟️ Prices:
Children aged 3 to 6: €4
Children/students: €5
Adults/seniors: €8
🥰 €2 discount for Lessines residents with the promo code 7860HL.
✅ Réservations : inscrivez-vous ici.

SAINT-NICOLAS 2025
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:30 | La Déportation, Lessines, Hainaut, 7860
SAINT-NICOLAS 2025
Saturday, 29 November 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This year, Notre-Dame à la Rose Hospital is participating in a collective project led by various socio-cultural actors in Lessines and coordinated by the Social Affairs Department of the City of Lessines.
This free event will take place at La Déportation: stay tuned for more information!
