Museum halls

Museums in Brussels

A tour of the finest frames and a few well-timed chuckles. Choose a hall and mind the ropes.

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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

A dense tour from Flemish masters to modern art, with Brussels’ cultural history written in paint. Come for the classics, stay for the unexpected corners.

Rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Magritte Museum

Surrealism’s greatest hits in a museum that makes reality feel negotiable. You’ll leave questioning hats, apples, and the entire concept of ‘normal.’

Place Royale 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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BOZAR (Centre for Fine Arts)

An all-arts engine: exhibitions, performances, and a calendar that rarely rests. It’s Brussels’ cultural living room—formal, busy, and always hosting something.

Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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WIELS Contemporary Art Centre

A contemporary anchor in a former brewery—big ideas, strong shows, and a reminder that Brussels has plenty of edge behind the diplomacy.

Avenue Van Volxem 354, 1190 Forest, Brussels, Belgium
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Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach

A monumental gallery inside a former roller skating rink—high ceilings, big installations, and contemporary programming that feels perfectly Brussels: serious, stylish, and slightly unexpected.

Rue Veydt 15, 1060 Brussels, Belgium
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Horta Museum

Art Nouveau as a lived environment—Victor Horta’s townhouse where every curve feels designed to make you exhale.

Rue Américaine 25, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels, Belgium
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Fondation Boghossian – Villa Empain

A glamourous art space in a modernist villa, bridging exhibitions with design and cultural exchange. Brussels does elegance very well when it wants to.

Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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La Loge

A small, sharp contemporary space in a former lodge—focused exhibitions that reward close attention.

Rue de l'Ermitage 86, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Centrale for contemporary art

City-run contemporary programming with a civic pulse—smart shows in the center of town, easy to slot between waffles and wandering.

Place Sainte-Catherine 44, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Belgian Comic Strip Center

Belgium’s love letter to comics, from Hergé onward. It’s graphic storytelling treated as a serious art form—because in Brussels, it is.

Rue des Sables 20, 1000 Brussels, Belgium