Exhibition "Animalia"
Animalia
Through the Animalia exhibition, Train World invites you on a poetic and scientific trip that is, amongst other themes, devoted to the preservation of our environment, especially from the prism of biodiversity and the climate.
Over the last few years, worrisome messages are being heard about how environmental conditions are deteriorating for life on Earth. Almost every week we are told about some new environmental threat. A simple comparison between the state of the planet in 1960, in 1980, in 2000 and today illustrates the growing speed at which the situation is deteriorating.
Pierre-Yves Renkin, the renown Belgian animal sculptor, was invited as guest artist to show a series of works representing animals at our museum.
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These animal sculptures dialogue at Train World with our railway collections.
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Alongside this approach centred on poetic emotion, themes like preserving biodiversity, climate change and the benefits of trains as a sustainable mode of transport, are expanded upon in the various museum areas. One aspect of this exhibition is also devoted to the efforts undertaken by SNCB and Infrabel to reducing the impact of their activities on our environment and the climate.
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An exhibition to understand and to act.
► Pierre-Yves Renkin, the animal sculptor
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In the Pays de Waes room, located on the 1st floor of Schaerbeek station, Pierre-Yves Renkin has agreed to unveil to the public for the first time a tiny part of his private collection, made up of rare objects, documents and unique archives which are so many keys to immersing oneself in his universe and in his work as a naturalist.
► The texts of the expo
Click here to discover the texts of the Animalia exhibition, before, during or after your visit !
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Today we're open from 10:00 until 17:00 (last admission at 15:30).