Skip the Line: Torture Museum Oude Steen Admission Ticket

Skip the Line: Torture Museum Oude Steen Admission Ticket

Located in probably one of the oldest historical European prisons, "De Oude Steen" ("The Old Stone") brings a gripping exhibition of cruel instruments engineered to cause unbelievable pain and suffering on human body and mind. The more than hundred torture and execution devices in our museum are placed and commented in a chronological, judicial context which brings a new light and significance on the origin of torture and the use of these horrifying instruments.

Visit: Torture Museum Oude Steen, Wollestraat 29, Bruges 8000 Belgium

In the beautifully renovated – and probably oldest stone – building in Bruges, you can discover a remarkable and spine-chilling collection of instruments of torture and learn about the history of law, order and justice in the city. Guaranteed to make you reflect on the complex medieval relationship between good and evil, and how the justice of the day continuously balanced on the border between violence and righteousness.