Kasteel Beauvoorde, Castle museum in Wulveringem, Veurne, Belgium
Kasteel Beauvoorde is a medieval castle in Veurne surrounded by a moat with two round towers and a central courtyard. The interior spaces display traditional Flemish architecture with furnishings and decoration preserved as they were in the early 1900s.
Merchant Arthur Merghelynck acquired the castle in 1875 and undertook extensive restoration work. His efforts focused on recovering the architectural style of the 17th century and maintaining the building in that historical form.
The name Beauvoorde comes from the hamlet in Wulveringem where the castle stands, not from a noble family. Arthur Merghelynck, childless, left the castle to the Belgian state in 1905 on condition it serve the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (KANTL). Today a summer exhibition and other activities are held there.
The castle is visited individually with an audio guide; a heritage shop and a visitors' centre are on site. Restoration works ran from 2021 to 2026, with a new visitors' centre planned in the coach house and Huis De Bryarde. Check opening arrangements before travelling, as the site may be partly closed during works.
Arthur Merghelynck, who restored the castle from 1875, died childless in 1905 and left it to the Belgian state on condition that it be made available to the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (KANTL). His widow's death in 1941 delayed this, and the wish was carried out only after the Second World War.
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