Diamond Museum

Discover the secrets of the mysterious diamond world during our daily Diamond Polishing Show. The Diamond Polishing show is excellent value for money and is unique in the world. This makes Diamond Museum Brugge one of the foremost educational establishments on diamonds in the world!

Diamantmuseum Brugge (Diamond Museum Brugge) was opened on June 19, 1999.

The museum has since been extended in several phases. In 2005, the Brazilian Collection and exhibitions on synthetic and industrial diamond opened.

Investigations in the city archives of Brugge, together with local historian Ludo Vandamme confirmed that diamond were traded in Brugge long before diamonds were heard of in Antwerp and Amsterdam, and a number of diamond polishers, active in Brugge in the 14th century, were identified.

A number of temporary exhibitions have been prepared in the mean time:

2008: “A Sparkling History”, the social history of diamond polishers in Brugge and West-Flanders.
2009: “Di-Amour”, the history of the diamond ring and diamond jewel
2012: “Heroes of the diamondindustrie”, history of the Belgian diamond polishers unions.
2013: “Stop time!”, history of the buildings of Bruges diamond polishing workshops.

The mission of Diamantmuseum Brugge:

To collect and preserve documents and tools from the diamond manufacturing industry in Belgium (in particular Brugge and West-Flanders) and in the world, for the future
To actively present the collection of the museum to the public in an innovative way
To carry out educational work with schools and universities to ensure that future generations understand the role and the importance of the diamond sector

Discover the secrets of the mysterious diamond world during our daily Diamond Polishing Show:

What is a carat ?
What does a rough diamond look like?
How strong is the hardest material on our planet ?
What are the various work processes which a rough diamond has to undergo to become a sparkling briljant ?
How do you become a diamond polisher ?