Museums
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Musée Oldmasters Museum
Read more…The remarkable collection of Old Master, witnessing to a rich and creative past, covers a period running from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Here you will find paintings of exceptional value by the Flemish Primitives, along with many artists from the fertile periods of the Flemish Renaissance and Baroque: Memling, Bosch, Bruegel, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens and others...
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Musée Modern Museum
Read more…The collection of modern and contemporary art contains works dating from the late 18th century to the present day. At this moment, a thematic selection, entitled “The Curator's Choice” presents this rich collection from a didactic angle while maintaining a permanent rotation of the collections. You will soon find the collection in all its glory in the Vanderborght buildings, a flagship city centre location close to the Grand Place.
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Musée Fin-de-Siècle Museum
Read more…Soon, all art history fans will enthuse about this new museum that will be dedicated to the 1900s, when Brussels, the capital of Europe, was a unique artistic crossroads and the capital of Art Nouveau. This sanctuary of cultural history will host paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, sculptures, photographs, films, models and decorative objets d'art.
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Musée Magritte Museum
Read more…Discover this essential cultural centre in the heart of Brussels. The Magritte Museum presents an outstanding collection of works by Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte (1898-1967), one of the world's most famous artists. The collection of over 200 works is the largest in the world. This museum, with its 2500 m2 of contemporary museography, is the international reference centre for the work of this multidisciplinary artist.
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Musée Meunier Museum
Read more…Unfairly overlooked by the general public, the home and studio of painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905) in Ixelles presents a hundred and fifty at times monumental works, and bronzes of all sizes. The creations of this artist inspired by the industrial, political and social developments of late 19th century Belgium provide a realistic view of the world of work and industry of his day.
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Musée Wiertz Museum
Read more…Immerse yourself in the particular world of painter, sculptor and writer Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865), one of Belgium's most controversial Romantic artists. This visionary had this impressive studio built in 1850 at the expense of the Belgian State. His monumental paintings, inspired by the great masters of the past such as Rubens, Michelangelo and Raphael, hang there alongside his many small sketches.
Work in the spotlight
Asger Jorn Disquieting Ecstasy (1956)
Read more…The collection
The collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium covers a period extending from the 15th to the 21st centuries.
Museumshop
The Museumshop is one of the most attractive art book stores in Brussels ... but is so much more than that.
Supporting the Museums
Join the Friends of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, an association of 2,500 art lovers which contributes to the development of the Museums, while responding to the cultural needs of its members.
Education
The EDUCATEAM's vocation is to lead people to discover and appreciate the artists of the 15th to the 21st centuries, many of whose works have inhabited the Museums' exhibition rooms for nearly 200 years ...
