Our story
In 1947, Charles Deliège, Mayor, and Samuel Glotz came up with the idea of creating a museum dedicated to the Binche Carnival and met with the Director of the Arts and Letters Administration of the Ministry of Culture.
Not convinced by the idea of a museum focused solely on a local event, the Director persuaded the Binche duo to broaden their concept to include other carnivals — extending their vision to a European, even global, scale.
In 1962, an exhibition titled “Carnival in Wallonia” was held at the Municipal Theatre.
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