ABOUT PERMEKE MUSEUM
The building
In the Brugse Ommeland area, not far from the coast, lies the house “De Vier Winden” (the four winds), once the home of artist Constant Permeke (1886-1952). The sculpture studio stands apart from the house. He wanted his house to be opened up to the public on his death. This wish was heard by the Province of West Flanders, which bought the whole property and contents in 1956 and set it up as a museum in 1961. The contents included 121 works by Constant Permeke. Work by Pierre Devos, Permeke’s son-in-law, Frits Van den Berghe and Floris Jespers was also part of the estate. Over the years, the collection grew with the addition of works of art by Henri-Louis Permeke, Henri Puvez, Oscar Jespers and Luc Peire. Permekemuseum received a further 18 works from the estate of Beatty, Permeke’s daughter, and two from Pierre Devos. This bequest included early work, primarily valuable for documentary purposes, but also work of a high artistic level, such as work from his English period. His youngest daughter, Thérèse, also donated work to the museum.
Around 80 paintings, almost all of Permeke’s sculptural oeuvre and a considerable number of large drawings are on view in Permeke Museum. The museum very quickly grew into one of the cultural attractions of West Flanders and now holds temporary exhibitions as regularly as clockwork. Permeke Museum is the satellite museum of Mu.ZEE in Ostend.




Permeke's garden
Are you looking for a quiet place to relax in one of our art lounge chairs? Are you looking for refreshment or would you like to dream away under the imposing lime and birch trees? Do you want to discover the fauna and flora around the pond? Or do you just want to have a picnic with the family at the place where Permeke and his family spent the summer? Permeke's garden is the perfect place for this!
The Permeke Museum's garden is free of charge during the museum's opening hours.
Who is who?
Management
Dominique Savelkoul,
director
Isabel Van Dael,
corporate vice president
Joost Declercq,
artistic coordinator
Art Division Academic policy and research
Mieke Mels,
curator
Ilse Roosens,
curator
Stefan Huygebaert
Curator
Wendy Van Hoorde,
staff member
(on maternity leave until summer 2023)
Inne Gheeraert,
coordinator/curator Permeke Museum
Conservation and collection management
Barbara de Jong,
head of conservation and collection management
Stijn Peeters,
collection registrar
Karolien Withofs
restaurator
Inneke Schwickert
sculpture project Jabbeke - project coordinator
Kathleen Ribbens
project coordinator & paper restorer "The works of art on paper of Mu.ZEE"
Johan Van Roose,
administrative staff member
Annelies Legein
loan coordinator
Public
Elise Vanhoecke,
education staff member
Nina De Bruyne,
reception staff member
Céline Jar,
reception staff member
Communications
Colette Castermans,
head of communications
Inge Busschaert,
webmaster and social media
Administration unit
Bram Bekemans,
accountant
Eline De Cloedt,
hr departement
Gerda Balcaen
Lizy Delheye
Nancy Blieck
Building & facility
Maarten Van Colen,
responsible building & facility
Technical team
Eddy Billiau
Luc Hessens
Lorenzo TJaeckx
Ronny Malesys
Maintenance team
Karine Inghelbrecht
Shahida Bi Aziz
Christiaan Laforce
Ubah Mohamed Shil
Administrative Board
List of members of the Board
Bart Plasschaert (chairman)
Sabine Friederichs (vice-chairwoman)
André Baert
Jan De Bock
Ann Duflou
Tom Lamont
Jan Loones
Lisa Lust
Margot Neyskens
Independent Directors
Inge Cornillie
Simon Van Damme
Lieven Van den Abeele
Dirk De Clippeleir
Luc Tayart de Borms
Observers
Marina Laureys
Martine Meire
Jacques Mertens
Dominique Savelkoul
Isabel Van Dael
Additional members General Meeting
Chokri Ben Chikha
An Fonteyne
Ingrid Denys
Eddy Scheldeman
Sonja Vanhee
Tom Cornelissen
Christian Veroughstraete
Vacancies
Volunteers/audience guides wanted
Mu.ZEE Ostend is looking for enthusiastic volunteers who would like to contribute during the Anna Boch exhibition. This exhibition will run from 1 July 2023 to 5 November 2023. For more info click here. (NL)
Security
Mu.ZEE License number : 0825.383.589
Contact :
Jean-Baptiste Hintjens
Security Manager
jean-baptiste.hintjens@muzee.be
Mu.ZEE is affiliated with PSA (Private Security Association).
Team
Team of qualified security agents licensed by internal affairs, reception staff, ticket control, museum staff, public mediators, administrative staff, depot managers
Claudia Jaques
Hilde Brandt
Kim Plasman
Freek Allaert
Patricia de Jaeger
Tessa Mauroo
Herbert Deruwe
Lars Pitteljon
Khoshal Doust
Thomas Billiau
Kurt Lievens
Camera surveillance
In accordance with the camera law of 21 March 2007 - regulating the placement and use of surveillance cameras.
Responsible processing:
Jean-Baptiste Hintjens

Civil liability insurance
Mu.ZEE vzw, 0825.383.589 , is insured against physical or material damage resulting from the performance of its activities with regard to private security.
The injured parties can turn directly to Ethias Insurances
The policy number is 04/11 – 45.252.502