Bibliotheca Wittockiana
The Wittockiana is a public museum and library located in Brussels devoted to the arts of the book and of bookbinding.
The museum is based on the personal collection of Michel Wittock, a former entrepreneur and bibliophile, who donated his collection to the King Baudouin Fondation on 2010. The library was opened to the public in 1983. The Wittockiana is supported by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
The museum reflects Wittock's interests and focuses on books and bookbindings dating back to the Renaissance to our time. Among others it holds an almost complete collection of the Almanach de Gotha, a collection of appr. 600 precious rattles, the archives of Valere Gille, a writer and influent personality in the literary world of the first half of the 20th century and a part of the personal archive of Lucien Bonaparte.
The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions.
