Atomium

Brussels, Square de l'Atomium, 1020

Museums of Brussels One of the symbols of the Belgian capital, Brussels, was a monument that symbolizes the boundless peaceful possibilities of atomic energy - Atomium. A metal glittering monument represents an enlarged 165 billion times model of the iron molecule.

Autoworld in Brussels

Brussels, Parc du Cinquantenaire, 11

Museums of Brussels Under the steel structure of the Brussels Autoworld (Autoworld), located in the Palais Mondial Palace, there are more than 300 cars, the collection of which is based on the personal collection of Gislan Mai.

The Royal Museum in Brussels

Brussels, Rue de la Regence, 3

Museums of Brussels The Royal Museum in Brussels is a complex of art museums, the owner of one of the largest collections of sculpture and painting. The museum collection is replenished either with the purchase of works or simply with gifts of private persons, which is very common in Belgium.

Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels

Brussels, Rue Vautier, 29

Museums of Brussels The Museum of Natural Sciences presents the largest collection of dinosaurs in Europe; there is a hall dedicated to the evolution of man, as well as whales and insects;

Museum of Zoology in Brussels

Brussels, Ixelles, Avenue F. Roosevelt 50

Museums of Brussels Collections of the Museum of Zoology have their origin since 1834 and number more than 3 thousand exhibits. In addition to anatomical drugs, scarecrows and alcohol-bound specimens, the museum has a large collection of insects

Magritte Museum in Brussels

Brussel, Regentschapsstraat, 3

Rene Magritte, a Belgian artist who worked in the genre of surrealism, left the world with a lot of amazing and even mysterious paintings. Closer acquaintance with his work can be in the Magritte Museum, which opened in June 2009.

Museum of Medicine in Brussels

Brussels, Campus Erasme, Route de Lennik, 808

Museums of Brussels The exposition of the museum of medicine is devoted to the history of the development of medical concepts: magical, mythological, religious and rational, based on observation, testing and development of technology, from antiquity to the present day.

Beer Museum in Brussels

Brussels, Grand-Place, 10

Museums of Brussels The Beer Museum is located in the arched cellars of the Grand Palace building, in one of the Guild Houses, which once belonged to the guild of Belgian brewers. Here you can not only get acquainted with the process of producing a foam drink, but also try traditional Belgian beer.

Brussels, as well as many other European capitals, can safely be called a city of museums. The path from one to another is very short, and the variety of museum exhibits is so great that for every guest of the Belgian capital there is no doubt an interesting museum.

The museum of the city, located in the House of the King (Maison du Roi), will best tell about Brussels itself. Here you will learn a lot of interesting things about the life of Brussels from its very founding, get acquainted with important milestones of its history and culture. A three-dimensional model of Brussels of the 13th century deserves special attention.

Six museums in Brussels are part of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique). In one building there are two remarkable museums: the Royal Museum of Ancient Art (Musée royal d'art ancien), where you will see the works of European painters from the 14th to 18th centuries, and the Royal Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art moderne) paintings of Belgian neoclassical artists, realists, impressionists.

The museum of the city, located in the King's House, will best tell about Brussels.

Also belong to the complex of the Royal Museums of Brussels three personal museums of Belgian artists: the Antoine Wiertzmuseum, the romanticist of the 19th century, the Constantin Meuniermuseum, the painter and sculptor who worked in the style of realism, and the mysterious Museum of Magrette surrealist, who collected the world's largest collection of his paintings, drawings, advertising posters and even cinema.

The last in this list is the Museum of the Royal Army and Military History (Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire), one of the best of its kind, with a carefully selected collection of weapons from Europe.

One of the symbols of Brussels is the huge Atomium, which represents an enlarged billions of times the model of the iron molecule. Inside this remarkable monument is the museum, whose expositions tell the story of the research of nuclear energy.

In addition to the large, world-famous museums, Brussels is filled with small, interesting museums worthy of no less attention .There is the Brewery Museum, the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate, the Wax Museum, the National Bank Museum that tells the history of the currency from its very beginnings, the Naturnvetenschappen Museum with a stunning dinosaur exhibition, the Children's Museum for the Littleest, the Museum of Cinema, the Museum of Comic Books, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the collection of which is one of the most complete in the world, the Museum of the once famous hotel Bellevue and even the Museum of elevators .

Museum map

For visitors of the city who intend to visit several museums, there is a museum map or "Brussels map" for sale. The card can be purchased for a period of one to three days, and its cost, in addition to admission to more than three dozen museums, includes travel in public transport without restrictions.

Excursions in museums are held in French and Dutch, but for an additional fee (about 2-3 EUR) at museum ticket offices, you can purchase an audio guide in English.