Tour 1: The total portrait
Want to get to the very essence of Rubens? Together with our museum guide, dig through his artistic past in Rubens Experience and then delve deeper into his private life in the renovated garden.
Rubens' garden was a lively place. This is where he received his friends, as well as art lovers and heads of state. Follow our guide and let your imagination and senses run wild.
No better place to contemplate Rubens' genius and international fame than the new museum garden. He could also just be a normal person here at the same time. A father playing with his children and a bon vivant enjoying himself fun with his best friends.
Our guide takes you back in time and tells you about Rubens' versatility, expertly translated into a garden design with a huge diversity of plants and colours. There are no fewer than 22,000 plants: tulips, laurels, oranges, pomegranates, figs, limes, carnations, roses, daffodils, lemons... From trees to climbing plants, water plants, shrubs and bulbs. A feast for the eyes in every season. The perfect cross-fertilisation between 17th-century grandeur and contemporary design.
