Opening Preservation Hall Victor Boin

SNEAK A PEEK BEHIND THE MUSEUM WALLS

The officiële opening PRESERVATION HALL VICTOR BOIN: Thursday, September 29, 2016
Press conference: 05:30 p.m.
followed by the official opening: 7:30 p.m.

SPORTIMONIUM, the sports and Olympic museum that opened its doors in Hofstade in 2004, is now the proud owner of its own, modern museum depot. 

For years the museum had to make do with rented warehouses or depots that were too small and too primitive to preserve our precious sports heritage in good museological conditions.

Thanks to a sponsorship from the heirs of the late Victor Boin (1886-1974) and with the support of the government, the SPORTIMONIUM got a great impulse for the construction of its own depot, and a radically different course could finally be taken. As a result hundreds of meters of archives and thousands of objects, paintings, posters, photographs and other documents were moved to the brand new and modernly equipped Preservation Hall Victor Boin last month. From now on, everything is preserved in optimal conditions, so that all the collection pieces will remain in top condition for future generations and for exhibitions intra or extra muros. Not only the modern storage systems and the climate system are remarkable, but also the fact that the depot will serve as an emergency depot for the province of Flemish Brabant and that the audience can catch a glimpse of the Preservation Hall.