The Hergé Museum stands at 26 Rue Labrador in the center of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, at the edge of the Parc de la Source. The French architect Christian de Portzamparc, a Pritzker Prize winner, designed it, and Joost Swarte designed the interior. The first stone was laid on May 22, 2007, the centenary of Hergé's birth. It was unveiled to the press on May 25, 2009, and opened to the public in June 2009. The building is described as futuristic.
It has three floors with nine exhibition rooms, a café, a shop and a mini cinema. Eight permanent galleries begin on the top floor, and a gallery on the main floor holds temporary exhibitions. A narrated tour lasting three hours was offered by headphones.
About 100,000 people visited in the first year. A Maison des Jeunes building was demolished to make room for the museum.
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