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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Couvreur Pharmaceutical Museum | .jpg?lang=en)
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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 | .jpg?lang=en) |
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 | _20230826.jpg?lang=en) |
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 | ,_septembre_2019.jpg?lang=en) |
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 | 3.jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | 
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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 | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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 | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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) | .jpg?lang=en)
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Anderlecht | Science | |
| Museum of Original Figures (MOOF) | .jpg?lang=en) |
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 | 
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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 | .jpg?lang=en) |
Schaerbeek | Rail transport | Railway museum located in Schaarbeek railway station |
| Villa Empain | 
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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 | .jpg?lang=en) |
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
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Media related to Museums in Brussels at Wikimedia Commons- Official site of the Brussels council of museums
