Grounded in its own identity – a foundation created through a private initiative, originating from a Flemish historical consciousness and situated in an exceptional rural setting – the museum Dhondt-Dhaenens has the ambition to be a museum of national and international allure, focused on the future yet with a deep respect for its own past and identity. As an art centre in Flanders, the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens positions itself between the major museum institutions on the one hand and the experimental field on the other.