Musée Hergé

Le musée est un musée sur Hergé lui-​même, en priorité, mais aussi sur ses oeuvres. Pour ceux qui l’ignoraient il n’y a pas que Tintin, mais plusieurs autres séries, mais aussi des croquis, oeuvres de publicité, films, etc
On apprend plein de choses!
Temps de visite? Je pense qu’on a mis 1h30−2h00
Pour les enfants? mwi, tant qu’on reste «interactif»” avec l’enfant. Avec une petite fille de 7 ans bientôt on n’a pas eu de soucis
Y a des jours de gratuité, cherchez sur internet pour voir les dates.

A great place for all things Hergé, but if you’re not a diehard fan, I wouldn’t make the trek all the way out to Louvain-​la-​Neuve unless you actually live or study here.
The entrance fee is reasonable, and the gift shop has pretty much everything and anything you can ever want with all your favorite characters from the Tintin series, but other than that there’s quite a bit left to be desired.
No photos are allowed in the museum save for at the ground level which is a damn shame, and the cafeteria serves typical not quite worth the money museum fare which you probably shouldn’t be eating given the amazing food choices you’ll find in Belgium.
As a Tintin fan, I enjoyed the museum immensely, but if my trip was any shorter than a week, I could probably think of betters things to do in the four hours it took me to get here, visit the museum, and head back to Brussels.

A very thorough exploration of Hergé’s life and work, augmented by the excellent design typical of the museums I’ve seen in the Low Countries so far. It really captures the aspects of Tintin’s world that made it so captivating and uncovers a ton of influences (did you know that Prof. Calculus was inspired by Auguste Piccard, inventor of the bathyscaphe?). It was also fun to learn the original French names of the characters (Snowy was «Milou») as well as Dutch (Tintin is «Kuifje»).
To its credit, the museum doesn’t totally shy away from the racist and stereotypical aspects of Hergé’s work, demonstrating how his later comics are much less likely to reduce characters to one or two traits. I did not, however, see any reference to his WWII activities:

Free Gate Every First Sunday of the month.

Wonderful, inspiring museum. Recommend highly — audio guides really complement the exhibition. Worth the train trip from Brussels. The museum restaurant is really good too, with tasty and generous children’s options.

As a life-​long fan of Hergé’s Tintin comic series, i was excited to hear that they recently opened a museum dedicated to his work and passion.
the 9 euro entry gets you access to the entire museum, and instead of headphones that just tell you about the pieces you’re looking at, they provide an iPod touch to interact with each room you are in and each display. There are sound bytes of interviews with Hergé, as well as original documents and news clips from each era in which he wrote for historical context.
the museum holds everything from original sketches of the Tintin comics, countless photos and videos of Hergé and his family growing up, as well as many of his original advertisement posters and work from before Tintin. When i was there for the Christmas holidays they had an exhibit on peoples and culture of Brazil and Peru to coincide with the research Hergé conducted to write Tintin and the Broken Ear.
I didn’t see a whole lot else in the surrounding area/​town, but the Musée Hergé is ABSOLUTELY worth the trip for fans, and even if you’re on the way from Paris to Brussels, or on the road and you’re passing the area you can either spend all day in the museum (i didn’t get to the café but there were plenty of people eating) or stop in for a quick 2-​hour jaunt. Nouvain-​la-​Neuve was easy to navigate, and there were plenty of signs to get to the museum and parking.