Musée Dräi Eechelen’s new temporary exhibition of the Adolphe bridge will be open to the public from Thursday 7 July 2016.
A bridge is the perfect symbol of Luxembourg’s ability to create links. Located in the heart of Europe and being a founding member of the European Union, the Grand-Duchy has always demonstrated its talent for building bridges and connecting people.
The inauguration of the Adolphe bridge was in 1903 and was a great achievement for the country. It was the stone bridge with the biggest arch in the world at the time. Now, it is under reconstruction and wrapped in a bandage, soon to connect the two sides of the city by means of a tram as well as by foot, bike, car and bus.
Its rehabilitation began in 2014, and many people who have settled in Luxembourg after this have not yet seen it. Others will perhaps see it with new eyes. This exhibition is thus an opportunity to show the bridge as the historical monument that it is.
In order to show what the bridge meant for Luxembourg as a country financially and what has been generated by it, the exhibition focuses on the period of its construction from 1899 to 1903.
Having an exhibition of a bridge in a museum is perhaps a little unusual, but is explained in part by the fact that the M3E, Musée Dräi Eechelen, is now hosting the coat of arms from the bridge. The coat of arms is known as the Luxembourg Lion, and was taken out of the bridge and stored in the museum.
The exhibition will be accessible to the public from Thursday 7 July 2016 until 8 May 2017 at the standard museum entry fee of €5. On Sunday 31 July, Sunday 21 August and Sunday 18 September 2016 there will be a guided tour of the exhibition in English at 16:00.
Photo by M3E
