Join one of our tours at the House of European History, which will take a look at the history of languages in Europe, through anecdotes and objects in the exhibition, revealing how languages have shaped the continent’s rich diversity.

Guided tours:

This year, the Heritage Days in the Brussels-Capital Region will take place on 17 and 18 September and the theme will be "Traces of colonisation". On this occasion, the House of European History invites you to take part in guided tours and discover fragments of history about Europe's colonial past.

Visitors will explore the museum's permanent exhibition through objects related to European countries' oppressive rule over their colonies, as well as works of art, which express the rupture of identity resulting from the traumatic experience of colonialism.

Guided tours in the temporary exhibition "When Walls Talk!"

This exhibition aims to reflect European history through posters from the last 100 years, in a way that raises awareness about the multiplicity of perspectives and interpretations. From the propaganda of the World Wars and the Cold War to the explosion of cultural exchange, tourism and the emergence of multi-voiced social movements after the Second World War, complex layers of European division and unity are revealed through a selection of posters from the collection of the House of European History.

Third and final online lecture of the series “Europe on posters”

The power of the poster, in almost all spheres of life, has been well documented since its emergence in the 19th century. But can posters be useful in how we plan for the future? In fact, can they help us create a better future?

The Holocaust shook Simon Gronowksi’s life to its core.

On April 19, 1943, he was to be deported to a death camp outside the German-occupied Polish city of Oświęcim, or Auschwitz as it is widely known by its German name. Gronowski was to get to Auschwitz by the 20th convoy train that left the Mechelen transit camp in Belgium, where Gronowski was born.