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The Museum
of Road Signs and Signals
and street lighting
Exhibition
European Heritage Days
September 2026
It was at the listed historic site of La Fenderie that the MuSé, in collaboration with the municipality of Trooz and its Tourist Office, decided to stage an exhibition on the use of light in Belgian road signage and street lighting. 2026: ‘Belgium of Yesteryear in Light’ was the chosen theme. To this end, we set up shop at the superbly renovated Maka site, at the foot of the beautiful Château de la Fenderie, the municipality’s landmark.
This year, the exhibition was open to visitors for just one day, on Saturday until 11.00 pm.
The MuSé team obviously spent several weeks in advance planning how to organise the exhibition. All the equipment was gathered at the central warehouse… and moved to the Maka site the day before.
This year, we decided not to showcase all the museum’s departments, opting instead for an installation that makes use of light. The exhibition was therefore organised as follows:
Traffic lights from the past and present.
Street lighting that is scarce in some places… and perhaps already forgotten by road users.
A fine collection of traffic cones from different eras.
A lovely range of work lamps, from petrol-powered to LED.
Beautiful backlit signs symbolising Belgium’s capital cities: Bruxelles, Brussel, Namur and Eupen.
And a rich collection of original photographs of Belgian illuminated traffic signals. Many of them have since been dismantled, so these photographs are of historical interest.
A wonderful team from the MuSé welcomed our visitors… and provided some explanations about the various exhibits on display. We also had the pleasure of welcoming a group of visitors from the north of the country.
Finally, the MuSé took charge of the evening lighting of the Château de la Fenderie. This was made possible by the use of three older types of floodlight: metal halide, low-pressure sodium vapour and high-pressure sodium vapour. The façade was illuminated in shades of white, orange and yellow.
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