Da Vinci Museum, Art museum in Tongerlo, Belgium

The Da Vinci Museum in Westerlo is an art museum that displays a high-quality replica of Leonardo's famous mural the Last Supper. The work was created in the early 1500s and shows the original painting with considerable accuracy, as art experts believe Leonardo himself painted the key sections.

The canvas is a 16th-century copy of Leonardo's Last Supper, acquired in 1545 by Abbot Arnoud Streyters for the Norbertine Abbey of Tongerlo. During the French Revolution the monks hid it, and in 1929 a fire destroyed much of the abbey but spared the painting. It has hung in the abbey's Da Vinci Museum since the 20th century.

The museum houses a copy of Leonardo's Last Supper inside an active abbey, a work that has held religious and artistic meaning for centuries. The setting connects art history with spiritual tradition, and visitors experience it as a space for reflection and respect before this masterwork.

The museum is located within an active abbey with narrow, quiet pathways, so visitors should allow time for orientation and explore the surroundings respectfully. The best times to visit are morning or early afternoon when natural light illuminates the painting clearly, and a button can be pressed to activate additional lighting.

The original da Vinci work has suffered greatly over centuries due to experimental painting techniques and fading, while this replica has preserved how the painting looked in its prime. A special area called the Tith Barn displays detailed photographs of the painting at full scale, allowing visitors to see fine details that are difficult to spot with the naked eye.