The Beguine Museum is located in one of the little houses of the Beguinage of Bruges. In the cities of the Low Countries beguinages were monastery-like communities were beguines lived in an almost religious way, without, however, making the vows that real nuns had to make when entering a monastery. The beguinage of Bruges is since 1928 a real monastery with Benedictine sisters. One of the little houses has been transformed into a museum, so that visitors can have an idea of how beguines used to live here from the 13th century ... (more)