In the museum village you will become acquainted with rural life as it used to be in the Westhoek. New this season is an extensive collection of authentic printing presses and typesetting machines from three centuries of graphic history. The devices are still in good condition and ready for use.
Visitors discover what life used to be like in a village printing house. According to Raymond Six, retired printer, such a printing house was often closely linked to daily life in the village. “In many cases this was family printing: birth announcements, wedding cards and obituaries.