13 03 ‘ 2020   museomag 
AN AMERICAN AT PARC DRÄI EECHELEN 
Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Franz II, Joseph 
de Ferraris (1726-1814) produced a map series of the 
Austrian Netherlands and the Principality of Liège at 
the scale 1:11 520 between 1771 and 1777. In 1777/78, a 
reduced version was published for the public, which is 
on display at M3E]. But I‘m also crazy about a couple 
of the models at Musée Dräi Eechelen. Particularly that 
giant one of the whole city from 1867. It stops me in my 
tracks every time I see it! 
In what way has collaborating with the Museum 
changed your view on the city? 
It starts to put things more in context. Before, 
everything just seemed cool, old and Europey to me. In 
Luxembourg, unlike in America, recorded history goes 
back so far and this country has changed hands so 
many times, that it can be difficult to keep it all straight. 
Dräi Eechelen is cool because inside the museum, you 
can see maps and representations of things throughout 
local history, and then go outside and see the actual 
building or wall or tunnel (or whatever) that‘s being 
referred to. 
Thanks, Mike! 
Ralph Lange 
„Mike McQuaide discovers Dräi Eechelen“ 
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