Musée Magritte Museum
The Musée Magritte Museum, located in the heart of Brussels, brings together the world's largest collection of the renowned surrealist artist René Magritte: 230 works and archives are displayed. The multidisciplinary space houses paintings, gouaches, drawings, sculptures, and painted objects, as well as advertising posters, musical scores, photographs and films. The Museum also has the most important collection from the artist’s "vache" period.
The selection of works exhibited in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is constantly expanding with a changing selection of external loans. With the support of Belgian and foreign museums as well as private collectors, works are being made available that have previously never been exhibited. The visitor can thus discover many treasures that are still in private possession.
The Musée Magritte Museum has already received 8 nominations and prizes. Every year more than 300,000 visitors come here for all over the world to discover the life and the works of René Magritte.
Musée Magritte Museum
Institute of Natural Sciences
The Institute of Natural Sciences: a great day out, naturally!
In the largest Dinosaur Gallery in Europe, you can meet the famous Bernissart Iguanodons, T.rex, Triceratops, Diplodocus, and 34 other species.
But that’s not all!
The Earth is swarming with life - rediscover it in the Gallery Living Planet, through an aesthetic, family-friendly and scientific approach to biodiversity. Learn about the human body and how we evolved in the Gallery of Humankind and go back in time in the Gallery of Evolution. You can also find out about urban species in BiodiverCITY, discover 250 years of the history of Natural Sciences through 14 iconic specimens, beware of the kings of the Cretaceous seas in the Mosasaur Hall or admire the magnificent crystals in the Mineral Hall.
And last but not least, don't miss the temporary exhibitions and all the activities of the Educational Service: more information at www.naturalsciences.be.
Institute of Natural Sciences
Royal Museum of the Army & Military History
The museum houses around one hundred thousand items (weapons, uniforms, scale-models, documents), making it one of the world's largest military museums. You'll see: a section weapons and armours from the Middle Ages, a beautiful collection about Napoleon and the French Empire, the Belgian army from 1831 to 1914 with display cases devoted to King Leopold I and Leopold II, the development of weapon technology (up till the mid-twentieth century), the First and Second World Wars (uniforms, equipment, photos and documents), armoured vehicles and warships. The museum's "Air" section includes a complete range of aircrafts, around 80 of which are on display. Don't miss our educational games for all ages. The documentation centres are open to the public. Spectacular panorama overlooking the city from the arcade. Temporary exhibitions about varied subjects.
Museums & tourist attractions
Royal Museum of the Army & Military History
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium assemble four different museums: the Oldmasters Museum, Meunier Museum, Wiertz Museum and the Magritte Museum.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
KBR
At KBR, history comes to life. The Royal Library of Belgium collects all Belgian publications and preserves a vast cultural and historical heritage. The collection contains over 8 million items, including books and manuscripts, newspapers, prints, music scores, coins, medals, and maps. As the national scientific library, KBR’s mission is to manage, study, and make this heritage accessible to the general public.
At the heart of the Royal Library lies the KBR museum. Dive into the enchanting world of manuscripts, polyphonic music, and illuminated miniatures. Discover the magnificent Library of the Dukes of Burgundy and enjoy a unique musical experience.
Enter the miniaturists' workshop and immerse yourself in a soundscape in the late-Gothic Nassau Chapel, where you are surrounded by the polyphony of the Franco-Flemish composers of the 15th and 16th centuries. Want to get hands-on? Design your own miniature, test your skills as a copyist, or experiment with polyphony yourself. Two or four voices, just the tenor or the bassus? The result is in your hands.
KBR
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
As soon as it opened at the end of the 19th century, the luxurious Old England department store earned an excellent reputation for its highly distinctive building. The entrance to the building is a jewel of the Art Nouveau style, while the rest is in perfect harmony with the neoclassical ensemble on the Place Royale, and just around the corner from the Grand-Place and Central Station, no less!
With a wealth of some 9.000 instruments, some 1.200 of which are on permanent exhibit, the museum's reputation is mainly built on its extraordinary collections.
Once inside, you'll embark on a true tour of the musical world. After your visit, the instruments and their history will no longer hold any secrets: from the viola da gamba from the Court of Brussels to the 20th century theremin, and even including the African kora!
The mim is nothing other than a place to experience music. A visitor's guidance system allows you to explore the thematic tours to the tune of the melodious sound of the instruments presented.
A program packed with concerts, demonstrations and workshops for the young and the not so young makes the mim experience even better.
The mim has its own concert hall, specialized library, museum shop, workshop for restauration and conservation of musical instruments and is crowned by a restaurant with panoramic view over Brussels.
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
AfricaMuseum
The Royal Museum for Central Africa, or AfricaMuseum, is not just a reference centre for scientific research but one of the most visited museums in Belgium. Visitors discover the natural and cultural diversity of Central Africa through largely historic collections. Universal themes such as language, music, biodiversity, education, leadership, and ceremonies are presented in detail. Contemporary Congolese artists offer their views on the collections through their installations and artworks in and around the museum. AfricaMuseum also discusses the colonial history of Belgium and tackles its own inception.
AfricaMuseum
Musée de la Porte de Hal
Although thousands of people pass every day close to this remaining part of the second surrounding wall of Brussels, along the "petite ceinture" between the Place Louise and the Midi Station, very few of them are conscious of its eventful history.
This fairytale monument, more than 600 years old is in fact the most remarkable witness of the City's medieval past. After renovation work, the Halle Gate houses now a permanent presentation dedicated to the medieval City of Brussels.
Don't hesitate to come and learn the history of the building and of City life in the Middle Ages, and at the same time admire the most important items of this rich past !
Museums & tourist attractions
Musée de la Porte de Hal
