The past, present for the future

South of Charleroi, Bois du Cazier has become a place which is alive to all aspects of the Industrial heritage. Nestling in a green hollow this outstanding architectural site, crowned by two winding houses, is surrounded by three slag heaps which have been landscaped with footpaths.

On this site of a huge mining catastrophe there is now a museum complex dedicated to coal, glass and steel, arranged in three sections:

the section commemorating the tragedy of 8 August 1956, the Glass Museum with its prestigious collection and the Industry Museum which plunges you into that human and technical saga of the Industrial Revolution.

You can also see:
The Memorial to the 262 victims.
The wooded estate with the Avenue of Remembrance and the viewpoint looking over the landscape.
The Forge workshops and the glass-blowing where the workmen bring the old machinery back to life.