MUMONS

What MUMONS does

MUMONS (Musée de l'Université de Mons) is the public museum of the Université de Mons, housed in a 17th-century former Visitandines monastery chapel in Mons, Belgium. It opened to the public on October 27, 2021 and operates as a heritage-cultural institution focused on the scientific collections, instruments, and rare books of the host university, including permanent installations such as the Crypte des Visitandines and rotating exhibitions such as Explorer l'Invisible and the long-running Électrique! (2025-2028).

The museum's core product is an in-person exhibition and guided-tour experience complemented by educational programming for school groups, accessibility-focused services, and co-programming with the Printemps des Sciences science festival. Its technical platform is modest: standard payment processing (Bancontact), website analytics (Google Analytics), and a third-party international audioguide deployment via Izi.Travel — there is no proprietary technology stack and no digital product surface beyond these integrations.

MUMONS generates commercial revenue through individual ticket sales at €5, group guided tours at €65, and a concept store, while offering free admission to under-26s, students, UMONS staff, job seekers, and visitors with disabilities. The institution is staffed by 15 employees and is primarily funded through the Université de Mons with public subsidies from Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the Service Public de Wallonie, making public grants — not ticket revenue — the dominant financial input. Its customer base spans families, K-12 and university school groups, the UMONS academic community, regional tourists, accessibility-mandated free-admission cohorts, and researchers engaging with the underlying collections.

Name

MUMONS

Legal name

MUMONS - Musée de l'Université de Mons

Website

https://mumons.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MUMONS is the university museum of the Université de Mons in Belgium, operating from a 17th-century monastery chapel. It presents scientific heritage exhibitions, permanent installations, and guided tours serving families, school groups, the UMONS community, tourists, and researchers, with a 15-person staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Science Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Science & Technology Museums (THAJADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Museum & Landmark Guided Tours (Skip-the-line/Docent-led) (THAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Science museum
• University museum
• Educational exhibitions
• Cultural heritage
• Scientific collections

Headquarters

HQ city

Mons

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Museum entry fees charged to visitors aged 26-64 (5€), seniors 65+ (2€), and special needs visitors (2€). Free admission for under-26, students, UMONS community members, article 27 beneficiaries, jobseekers, and press.
2. Guided Tours: School guided tours at 65€ per group; general public guided tours at 65€ plus individual ticket price during weekdays. Weekend guided tours range from 4.50€ to 9.50€ depending on age group.
3. Museum Shop: Concept store featuring Belgian artisan products including cork bags, eco-friendly coloring items, temporary tattoos, vintage paper art, ceramics, and other locally-made items on consignment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

MUMONS is a university science museum that operates ticketed exhibitions (rotating features like Électrique! and Explorer l'Invisible), permanent installations (Crypte des Visitandines), guided tours in multiple languages, school programs and pedagogical materials, evening cultural events, and an on-site concept store. It serves the general public, schools, researchers, the UMONS community, and tourists through a heritage site in Mons, Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Électrique! Exhibition
• La Crypte des Visitandines (Permanent Exhibition)
• Explorer l'Invisible Exhibition Series
• Guided Tours
• MUMONS Concept Store (Museum Shop) On-site concept store featuring Belgian artisan products including cork bags, eco-friendly coloring items, temporary tattoos, vintage paper art, ceramics, and other locally-made items on consignment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 participants in Printemps des Sciences events
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• UMONS Extension asblcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity extension organization supporting public outreach missions. MUMONS operates under the Culture and Scientific Information department of UMONS.
• Fédération Wallonie BruxellesmajorOthersOfficial cultural partner providing institutional support for Walloon cultural institutions and heritage preservation.
• Service Public de la Culture (DGO6)majorOthersWalloon public service supporting research and innovation. Major supporter of scientific exhibitions and research dissemination.
• VISIT MONSminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial Mons tourism organization promoting local attractions and cultural sites to visitors.
• Les Cèdres ASBLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccessibility partner collaborating on sign language translation and Facile à Lire et à Comprendre materials for visitors with specific needs.
• Fondation SusacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation supporting accessibility initiatives to make exhibitions accessible to maximum visitors with specific needs.
• RTBF La PremièreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBelgian public broadcaster, regional media partner for Explorer l'Invisible exhibition coverage.
• Le SoirminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor Belgian newspaper, press partner for exhibition coverage and press reviews.
• TéléMBminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Mons-Borinage television channel providing regional media coverage of museum events.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Experimentarium: Science center in Copenhagen (Denmark) operating interactive exhibitions for families and schools. Comparable European peer in interactive science communication and educational programming.
• NEMO Science Museum: Science museum in Amsterdam housed in a heritage building, with interactive exhibits and school programs. Comparable in product category (science museum), audience, and venue-physical setting.
• Technopolis: Interactive science center in Mechelen, Belgium. Most direct Belgian comparable: hands-on science exhibitions, school programming, and family audience focus closely aligned with MUMONS' model.
• Muséum des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Belgian federal natural science museum in Brussels. Direct national-level peer in museum category, sharing the science-education and family visitor proposition, though at much larger scale.
• Palais de la Découverte: Interactive science museum in Paris focused on hands-on demonstrations and educational programming. Closely aligned with MUMONS' hands-on science exhibition model and school-group targeting.
• Musée des Confluences: Science and society museum in Lyon, France. Comparable as a science/heritage museum combining collections, temporary exhibitions, and immersive installations aimed at a general public and family audience.
• Musée Curie: Science museum connected to a research institution (Institut Curie), located in a historic Paris setting. Highly comparable structure to MUMONS as a university/research-affiliated science museum with heritage architecture and archival collections.

Regional players

• Pass (Parc d'Aventures Scientifiques): Science center located in Frameries, Belgium (Hainaut province, near Mons). Closest geographic peer operating in the same Walloon regional market with a similar interactive science-and-education proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Museum: One of the world's oldest science and technology museums, located in Munich. Broad incumbent in the same museum category, though operating at much larger scale with permanent historical scientific collections similar to MUMONS' instrument holdings.
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie: Major science center and museum complex in Paris, part of Universcience. Larger-scale incumbent in the same interactive science museum category, offering exhibitions, IMAX, and children's programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/MUMONS
• Facebookfacebook.com/MUMONS
• Instagraminstagram.com/m.umons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mumons

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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