A Tintin Museum in The Cauchie House?
In 1979, the saving of the Cauchie House led to the idea of using it to house a Tintin museum in cooperation with Hergé. Symbolically on Christmas Day, 1980, Hergé gave Dessicy his official agreement to the project. Dessicy undertook an intensive study with Bob De Moor, who laid the bases of the scenography. A scale model was made by the Studios Hergé.
M. Dessicy started to look for sponsors and supports. In the meantime, he devote himself to saving another building, the former Magasins Waucquez, work of the Belgian architect Victor Horta. Despite many steps taken to find sponsors, Dessicy did not succeed in creating sufficient interest to complete his project of a Tintin Museum at Cauchie house. Eventually, Desiccy succeeded in turning the Magasins Waucquez into the Belgian Comic Strip Center.
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