List of museums in Brussels
This is a list of museums in Brussels, Belgium.
It includes museums situated in any of the municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Name | Image | Municipality | Type | Summary |
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Albert Couvreur Pharmaceutical Museum | ![]() | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Medicine | |
Antoine Wiertz Museum | ![]() | Ixelles | Art | Collection of work by the painter Antoine Wiertz, housed in his former studio |
Archives and Museum for Flemish Life in Brussels | City of Brussels | Local | Collection of items related to Flemish culture in Brussels | |
Archives of the City of Brussels | ![]() | City of Brussels | History | |
Archives and French Literature Museum | City of Brussels | Literary | ||
Art & Design Atomium Museum (ADAM) | ![]() | City of Brussels | Art | Design of the 20th century |
Art & Marges Museum | City of Brussels | Art | Permanent collection and temporary exhibitions of art by outsider artists, artists who are mentally unwell and artists outside the mainstream | |
AutoWorld | ![]() | City of Brussels | Transport | Vintage car museum |
Autrique House | ![]() | Schaerbeek | Architecture | Town house designed by the architect Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style |
Beguinage of Anderlecht | ![]() | Anderlecht | Local | Historic beguinage and museum |
Belgian Museum of Freemasonry | ![]() | City of Brussels | Cultural | Collection illustrating the history of freemasonry in Belgium |
Bibliotheca Wittockiana | ![]() | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | Books | Private museum and library devoted to bookbinding |
Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour – La Fonderie | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | History - Industry | Displays machinery from important local industries and exhibits relating to the area's economic and social history. Located in an old foundry. | |
Brussels Museum of the Mill and Food | ![]() | Evere | Food | Housed in an old windmill |
Brussels Urban Transport Museum | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | Transport | Collection of Brussels trams from different eras | |
Bruxella 1238 | City of Brussels | Archaeology | Ruins of a Franciscan convent under the former Brussels Stock Exchange | |
Belgian Brewers Museum | City of Brussels | Brewing | ||
Choco-Story Brussels | ![]() | City of Brussels | Food | |
Belgian Comic Strip Center | ![]() | City of Brussels | Comic strips | Belgian comic strips and their history |
BELvue Museum | City of Brussels | History | Documents the national history of Belgium | |
Museum of the Black Sisters | Koekelberg | Cultural | Museum dedicated to the "Black Sisters", a Cellite religious congregation, located in the Basilica of Koekelberg | |
Camille Lemonnier Museum | ![]() | Ixelles | Art | Working office of the writer Camille Lemonnier, paintings and sculptures |
Cantillon Brewery (Gueuze Museum) | Anderlecht | Brewing | Small brewery making beers in the traditional gueuze, lambic and kriek styles, which also functions as a museum of Gueuze beer | |
Cauchie House | ![]() | Etterbeek | Architecture | Art Nouveau house designed by the architect Paul Cauchie |
CENTRALE for contemporary art | ![]() | City of Brussels | Art | Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art |
Centre for Fine Arts | City of Brussels | Art | Also known as Bozar, hosts exhibitions of fine art, as well as concerts, theatre, dance and other cultural events | |
Charlier Museum | ![]() | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | Historic house | Belgian art museum in historic house |
Children's Museum | Ixelles | Children | ||
Museum of China – Scheut | ![]() | Anderlecht | Cultural | |
Cinematek | City of Brussels | Film | Museum of Cinema, with daily showings of films from the archive | |
Cinquantenaire Museum (part of Royal Museums of Art and History) | ![]() | City of Brussels | History - Art | Historical and artistic artefacts from cultures around the world |
Brussels City Museum | ![]() | City of Brussels | History | History of Brussels, with an emphasis on its development over time and its art |
Clockarium | Schaerbeek | Art | Art Deco clocks | |
Confederate Museum | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | History | Documents the history of the American Civil War | |
Collections of the Public Social Welfare Centre | City of Brussels | Art | ||
Constantin Meunier Museum | ![]() | Ixelles | Art | Works by the painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier |
Museum of Costume & Lace | ![]() | City of Brussels | Fashion | Collection and exhibitions on the history of fashion and lace-making (a traditional industry of Brussels) |
Coudenberg – Former Palace of Brussels | ![]() | City of Brussels | Archaeology | Ruins of the Palace of Coudenberg and nearby buildings from the same era |
County of Jette Municipal Museum | Jette | Local | Local history of Jette county | |
D'leteren Gallery | Ixelles | Transport | History of the D'leteren company and collection of its vehicles | |
Erasmus House | ![]() | Anderlecht | Historic house | The Dutch humanist writer Erasmus of Rotterdam once stayed in this house |
Espace Photographique Contretype | ![]() | Saint-Gilles | Art | Contemporary photography museum |
Evere Municipal Museum | Evere | Local | Local history of Evere county | |
Experimentarium (part of the ULB) | Ixelles | Science | Physics museum | |
Museum of Fantastic Art | Ixelles | Art | Fantastical, bizarre and weird creations, sculptures and pictures | |
Museums of the Far East (Japanese Tower and Chinese Pavilion) (part of Royal Museums of Art and History) | City of Brussels (Laeken) | Art | ||
Fin-de-Siècle Museum | City of Brussels | Art | ||
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium | ![]() | City of Brussels | Fine art | Major art gallery featuring fine art from the 15th to the 20th century by Belgian and international artists |
Géo De Vlamynck Atelier | Schaerbeek | Art | Studio of the artist, architect and designer Géo De Vlamynck | |
Grand Serment Royal et de St-Georges des Arbalétriers | City of Brussels | History | Museum of a royal guild of crossbow archers, displaying crossbows and the history of the guild | |
Halle Gate (part of Royal Museums of Art and History) | ![]() | Saint-Gilles | History | History of Brussels and armaments. Located in one of the city gates of the second walls of Brussels |
Horta Museum | ![]() | Saint-Gilles | Architecture | Museum of the life and work of Victor Horta situated in his former house and studio |
House of European History (HEH) | ![]() | City of Brussels (EU Quarter) | History | Museum of European history and the history of European integration |
Museum of Human Anatomy and Embryology (part of the ULB) | ![]() | Anderlecht | Science | |
International Puppet Museum - Peruchet | ![]() | Ixelles | Puppetry | Museum and theatre with historic puppets from around the world |
Museum of Illusions | City of Brussels | Illusions | An interactive museum with a unique exhibition of illusions. Located in the old "La Gaite" theatre | |
Museum of Ixelles | ![]() | Ixelles | Art | Municipal museum with a permanent collection of paintings and hosting exhibitions |
Jazz Station | ![]() | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | Music | Museum and archive on jazz, and a venue for jazz concerts.[1] |
Jean Massart Botanical Garden (part of the ULB) | Auderghem | Nature | Research garden open to the public | |
Jewish Museum of Belgium | ![]() | City of Brussels | Cultural | |
Kanal Centre Pompidou | ![]() | City of Brussels | Art | Modern and contemporary art museum |
La Loge | Ixelles | Art | Contemporary art museum located in modernist building | |
Librarium (Royal Library of Belgium) | ![]() | City of Brussels | Books | Displays items from the collection of the Royal Library |
Magritte Museum | ![]() | City of Brussels | Art | Life and work of the surrealist painter René Magritte |
Marc Sleen Museum | ![]() | City of Brussels | Comic strips | Life and work of the comics artist Marc Sleen, best known for The Adventures of Nero |
Maurice Carême Museum | ![]() | Anderlecht | Historic house | Former house of the poet Maurice Carême |
Museum of Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants | Ixelles | Medicine | ||
Michel de Ghelderode Library-Museum (part of the ULB) | Ixelles | Literary | ||
Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) | ![]() | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | Art | Street Art |
MigratieMuseumMigration (MMM) | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | Migration | ||
Modern Religious Art Museum | Koekelberg | Art | Located in the Basilica of Koekelberg | |
Municipal Museum of Molenbeek (MoMuse) | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | Local | ||
Musical Instrument Museum (part of Royal Museums of Art and History) | ![]() | City of Brussels | Musical instruments | Located in a former Art Nouveau department store, displays its collection of 8000 musical instruments |
Oldmasters Museum | City of Brussels | Fine art | Constituent part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium; permanent displays of European painting from the 15th to the 18th centuries | |
Museum of Medicine (part of the ULB) | ![]() | Anderlecht | Science | |
Museum of Original Figures (MOOF) | ![]() | City of Brussels | Comic strips | Figurines of characters from comic strips |
Museum of the National Bank of Belgium | ![]() | City of Brussels | History | History and displays of banking and the history of money |
National Museum of the Resistance | Anderlecht | History - Military | Museum about the Belgian Resistance during World War II | |
Orthodox Church Museum | City of Brussels | Cultural | ||
Paul Moens Medicinal Plant Garden | ![]() | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Nature | |
Palace of Charles de Lorraine (Royal Library of Belgium) | ![]() | City of Brussels | Historic house | Neoclassical palace |
Parlamentarium | ![]() | City of Brussels (EU Quarter) | Politics | Visitors' centre of the European Parliament |
Pixel Museum | City of Brussels | Video games | ||
Planetarium of Brussels | ![]() | City of Brussels (Laeken) | Science | Planetarium with various shows on astronomical themes |
Museum of the Police Force | Etterbeek | History | History of the police force | |
Red Cloister Art Centre | ![]() | Auderghem | Art | Art exhibitions |
René Magritte Museum (Jette) | ![]() | Jette | Historic house | Former house of the surrealist artist René Magritte |
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | ![]() | City of Brussels | Nature | Natural history museum with a notable collection of dinosaur skeletons |
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History | City of Brussels | History - Military | Displays of Belgian military history, aircraft, armour and other arms and military vehicles | |
Schaerbeek Museum of Beer | ![]() | Schaerbeek | Brewing | Displays on history of Belgian beer, and collection of beer bottles |
Sewer Museum | ![]() | City of Brussels | Sewers | Museum dedicated to Brussels sewer network and access to a part of the network |
Spontaneous Art Museum | Schaerbeek | Art | Collection of works of naive and primitive art | |
Temple of Human Passions | ![]() | City of Brussels | Art | Neoclassical pavilion designed by Victor Horta containing a marble relief by Jef Lambeaux |
Toy Museum | ![]() | City of Brussels | Children | |
Train World | ![]() | Schaerbeek | Rail transport | Railway museum located in Schaarbeek railway station |
Villa Empain | ![]() | Ixelles | Historic house | Art Deco house |
Museum David and Alice van Buuren | ![]() | Uccle | Historic house | Historic house and museum, furnished in Art Deco style |
Wiels Contemporary Art Centre | ![]() | Forest | Art | Contemporary art centre |
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Municipal Museum | ![]() | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Local | |
Museum of Zoology and Anthropology (part of the ULB) | ![]() | Ixelles | Nature | Collection of skeletons and stuffed animals of a wide range of species |
Former museums
[edit]- Underwear Museum - Moved to Lessines, Hainaut in 2016[2]
- Scientastic Museum - Closed in 2012[3]
- Charles Debuer Fencing Museum - Closed[4]
- NAM-IP Computer Museum - Collection moved to Namur, Wallonia in 2015[5]
- Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Brussels - Closed
References
[edit]- ^ Bruzz, Het ABC van Jean Demannez, 22 September 2015 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Underwear Museum moves from Brussels to Lessines". The Bulletin. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Scientastic, Brussels interactive Science museum for children and adults". www.scientastic.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Musée". Le Musée de l'Escrime. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "Computing now has its own museum too!". Cultural heritage King Baudouin Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
External links
[edit]Media related to Museums in Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site of the Brussels council of museums