Musée en Piconrue, museum in Belgium

The musée en Piconrue is a museum in central Bastogne dedicated to ethnographic heritage and religious art of the Ardenne region. The exhibits display everyday objects, tools, photographs, and items that document how people lived and worked during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The museum opened in 1984 with an exhibition on the cult of healing saints in the Ardenne. It has occupied the Bethléem, a former convent of Recollectine nuns founded in 1628. In 1986 it became the conservatory for church factories, and in spring 2024 it took the name Musée de la Grande Ardenne, dropping Piconrue from its public name.

The museum is housed in the Bethléem, a former convent of Recollectine nuns founded in 1628. Its name until 2024, Piconrue, dates to 1482 and refers to a Bastogne quarter where waste called "picons" was used by cloth makers; another etymology links it to picca, a point or the town's edge. The Maison des Légendes presents six Ardenne figures: the wild hunter, the four sons of Aymon, the devil, the werewolf, the fairy and the nuton.

The museum has a simple layout that encourages visitors to explore at a comfortable pace and examine each display closely. The staff recommends contacting ahead before your visit to get the latest information, and the site offers parking for cars, buses, and caravans, plus a cafeteria and shop.

The Maison des Légendes presents six fantastic Ardenne figures: the wild hunter, the four sons Aymon, the devil, the werewolf, the fairy and the nuton. The museum also holds over 560 original ink drawings by comic artist Didier Comès, bequeathed by his family to the King Baudouin Foundation in 2013.