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	Municipality	Type	Summary
Antoine Wiertz Museum	Ixelles	Art	Collection of work by painter Antoine Wiertz, housed in his former studio
Archives and Museum of Flemish Life in Brussels	City of Brussels	Local
Archives of the City of Brussels	City of Brussels	History
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
Béguinage of Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Local
Belgian Museum of Freemasonry	City of Brussels	Cultural
Bibliotheca Wittockiana	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre	Books	Private museum and library devoted to bookbinding
Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour - La Fonderie	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	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 Mill and Food	Evere	Food	Housed in an old windmill
Brussels Tram 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 Brussels Stock Exchange
Belgian Brewers Museum	City of Brussels	Brewing
Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate	City of Brussels	Food
Belgian Comic Strip Center	City of Brussels	Comic strips	Belgian comics strips and their history
BELvue Museum	City of Brussels	History	Documents the national history of Belgium
Museum of the Black Sisters	Koekelberg	Cultural
Camille Lemonnier Museum	Ixelles	Art	Working office of 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
Centrale for contemporary art (Centrale Electrique)	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
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)	City of Brussels	History - Art	Historical and artistic artefacts from cultures around the world
Museum of the City of Brussels (Maison du Roi/Broodhuis)	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
Constantin Meunier Museum	Ixelles	Art	Works by 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
D'leteren Gallery	Ixelles	Transport
Erasmus House	Anderlecht	Historic house	Desiderius Erasmus once stayed in this house
Espace Photographique Contretype	Saint-Gilles	Art
Evere Municipal Museum	Evere	Local
Experimentarium	Ixelles	Science
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
Fencing Museum - Charles Debeur	City of Brussels	Sport
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 artist, architect and designer
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)	Saint-Gilles	History	History of Brussels and armaments. Located in one of the city gates of the second city walls of Brussels
Horta Museum	Saint-Gilles	Architecture	Museum of the life and work of art nouveau architect Victor Horta situated in his former house and studio
House of European History	City of Brussels (EU Quarter)	History	Museum of European history and the history of European integration
Information Technology Museum - Unisys Belgium (Jacques Laffut Collection)	City of Brussels (Haren)	Computers
International Puppet Museum - Peruchet	Ixelles	Puppetry	Museum and theater with historic puppets from around the world
Museum of Ixelles	Ixelles	Art	Municipal museum with a permanent collection of paintings and hosting exhibitions
Jazz Station	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode	Music	museum and archive on Jazz, and a venue for jazz concerts.^[1]
Jean Massart Botanical Garden	Auderghem	Nature	Research garden open to the public (ULB)
Jewish Museum of Belgium	City of Brussels	Cultural
Kanal Centre Pompidou	City of Brussels	Art	modern and contemporary art
La Loge	Ixelles	Architecture
Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Brussels	City of Brussels	Documents	Handwritten letters and documents by prominent people from all walks of life
Librarium (Royal Library of Belgium)	City of Brussels	Books	Displays items from the collection of the Royal Library
Magritte Museum	City of Brussels	Art	Life and work of surrealist painter René Magritte
Maison Autrique	Schaerbeek	Architecture	Town house designed by Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style
Marc Sleen Museum	City of Brussels	Comic strips	Life and work of comics artist Marc Sleen, best known for The Adventures of Nero
Maurice Carême Museum	Anderlecht	Historic house	In the former house of poet Maurice Carême
Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA)	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	Art	Street Art
Modern Religious Art Museum	Koekelberg	Art
Municipal Museum of Molenbeek (MoMuse)	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	Local
Musical Instrument Museum (part of Royal Museums of Art and History)	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 Original Figurines	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
Palace of Charles de Lorraine (Royal Library of Belgium)	City of Brussels	Historic house
Parlamentarium	City of Brussels (EU Quarter)	Politics	Visitors' centre of the European Parliament
[fr; nl]	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 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 of 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
Scientastic Museum	City of Brussels	Children
[nl]	City of Brussels	Sewers	Visit part of the Brussels sewer 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	Schaerbeek	Rail transport	History of the Belgian railways. Located in Schaarbeek railway station
Museum David and Alice van Buuren	Uccle	Historic house	House and garden of a former banker, furnished in art deco style
Wiels Contemporary Art Centre	Forest	Art	Presents exhibitions of contemporary art
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Municipal Museum	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	Local
Museum of Zoology and Anthropology (Museums of the ULB)	Ixelles	Nature	Collection of skeletons and stuffed animals of a wide range of species