Les savoir-faire des couvreurs-zingueurs parisiens et des ornemanistes, inscrits au Patrimoine immatériel de l’Unesco
La zinguerie parisienne englobe les connaissances et les compétences nécessaires à la restauration des toitures des immeubles haussmanniens construits à Paris au cours du XIXème siècle. Ces toits sont caractérisés
Journées VMH, Juin 2024
Programme des journées VMH 7 juin 19h00 à 21h00 : Vernissage de l’exposition ” LA CALAMINE AU TEMPS DES NAPOLEONS “ et Exposé ” Histoire de la PARKVILLA” par Alain Brose
VMH-Balen Project digitising negatives on glass
Last year, in September 2023, a former colleague offered me a set of photos from the VM site in Balen. I got the chance to buy this box of photo
A new director for the Museum Vieille Montagne
A vacancy for the position of director of the Museum Vieille Montagne had been running since August last year. Céline Ruess, the current director, had decided to apply for the
Réhabilitation du site V-M à Grâce-Hollogne
2023-01-28 Article Jean-Michel Crespin Plusieurs années auront été nécessaires pour réhabiliter le site. Le vaste site Vieille Montagne, localisé entre les rues de l’Hôtel communal, de Ruy, Colladios et Michel
In memoriam Paul Simons. 1949 – 2023
Dear VMHeritage colleagues. Despite the best wishes we sent each other, the year started on a negative note. With pain in my heart I have to announce that Paul Simons
Visit at the VM Building Solutions factory in Auby
Decision was taken this year to organise for our general assembly 2022, a cultural and industrial trip in AUBY the so-called « city of zinc » in the North of France. This
Exhibition : This is not a pebble
Special exhibition of zinc, lead and iron minerals Three local passionate collectors present a selection of their most beautiful samples from here (east of Belgium) or elsewhere (Europe mainly).One of those collectors, François Wouters, is a member of the Vieille
Saga VM – Episode 1 : The Pioneer
Refining zinc, an unlikely idea! It all started at the end of 1805, in the French region of Ourthe, which corresponds more or less to the present-day territory of Wallonia