Domaine de Mariemont

The first floor of the new museum building designed by Roger Bastin contains extensive collections of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as precious jade and lacquer work from China and Japan. On the lower ground floor there are archaeological finds from Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times, although the most exciting section here is the extraordinary collection of Tournai porcelain with pieces representing four stylistic periods from between 1750 and 1799

The museum also has a library with some very valuable manuscripts and other items.

The museum and palace ruins are set in an English-style park adorned with some very fine sculptures. These include several works by the Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau, as well as Auguste Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais".