The starting and ending point of this walk is the Roger Raveel Museum, which opened in 1999. As early as the 1980s, Roger Raveel had been mulling over the idea of establishing his own museum one day. He was inspired by illustrious predecessors in art history, such as Fernand Léger and Henri Matisse. It was Raveel's wish to keep his best and most important works together. To this end, he considered making a large donation to the Museum of Fine Arts or the S.M.A.K. in Ghent, or creating his own museum wing in Deinze. Ultimately, Roger and Zulma decided to establish the museum in their own village. Within Belgium, the Roger Raveel Museum is considered one of the first museums entirely dedicated to a single artist.

The building consists of two wings: a new building designed by Stéphane Beel and a restored and listed presbytery, dating from the 17th to the 19th century, to which the contemporary building was added. The design of the building allows the village and the museum to merge. Different volumes follow each other in length and height, each one different. It is a subtle nod to the typical 20th-century village house, with its outbuildings and “koterijen” (small outbuildings). The shape of the building is therefore based on the elongated plots that you see in Machelen-aan-de-Leie, but also in other villages.

Walls and windows are an important motif in Raveel's work. They also feature here: in the wall, you can see a few small viewing windows that break up the wall of the building in a playful way.