Museum

This area is currently closed to the public.

This area is currently closed to the public. Take a virtual tour of the different rooms of the Museum before the renovation work (1962 - 2022) and discover the secrets of evolution and the animal world.

Invertebrate Hall 

Insects, crustaceans, molluscs... this is where you can meet a multitude of species - terrestrial, aquatic, aerial - with sometimes surprising shapes, originating from the four corners of the planet. 

Vertebrate Hall 

This room is devoted to animals that have vertebrae. You probably know them: fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds. But there are also mammals: a whole room is devoted to them! 

Mammal Hall 

Skeletons and naturalised specimens of land, flying and aquatic mammals are on display here. Be surprised by the impressive size of some of the collection pieces. Trace the evolutionary history of primates and meet other little-known or unusual species.

Belgian Wildlife Hall 

Here you'll find birds, mammals and insects that you might come across in Belgium or other European countries on a walk in the woods or beside a river. It's an opportunity to get close to these animals without scaring them away.

Virtual tour of the Museum

Future Museum

The project involves a complete overhaul of the scenography and a completely redesigned permanent tour.    

Museum 2.0 is an ambitious scientific, cultural and tourist development project, rooted in the influence of the University of Liège and the city. Supported by a three-way partnership - the Aquarium-Muséum Universitaire de Liège, Liège University and ST'ART - it has several aspects:

• An ecological vision (better insulation and solar panels).
• Renovation of the storerooms and infrastructure work (roof, storerooms and public room). 
• The Collections project. 
• A new scenography. 
• Improving the quality of the visitor environment.

  The objectives of the new Museum    

• Redeploy the Museum's educational vocation, adding a new social mission to raise visitors' awareness of biodiversity issues.  
• To present collections following the phylogenetic classification of animals, with a completely redesigned tour.
• To develop new themes within the future exhibition.  
• To offer a lively, friendly space where visitors can enjoy an original experience.

The Collections worksite

The Museum's renovation is also the occasion for a major "Collections worksite", which began on 23 November 2020. The work is being carried out in-house, requiring the involvement of various members of the Aquarium-Muséum team and adaptability depending on the specimens involved. 

Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes? Enter the world of our Collections worksite.