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Museum of Fantastic Art

May - Oct 2010; Weekends only (annual)

The Museum of Fantastic Art, born out of Michel Dircken's unusual imagination (he's a butcher by trade), showcases permanent and temporary exhibitions on everything from witches to aliens…

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The Return, 1940, oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm. © Charly Herscovici, with his kind authorisation - c/o SABAM-ADAGP, 2009

Magritte Museum

Daily; not Mon

Celebrated Surrealist painter René Magritte gets his very own museum. Located on Brussels' place Royale in an extension of the Fine Arts Museum complex, the Magritte Museum features hundreds…

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The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Courtesy of Brussels Tourist Office

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Daily; not Mon

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels- the Museum of Ancient Art and the Museum of Modern Art - form the country's most important museum complex. Watch out for work by the Belgian…

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David and Alice van Buuren Museum, Brussels. © Musée van Buuren

David and Alice van Buuren Museum

Daily; not Tue

David and Alice were passionate collectors who decorated their home in Art Deco style. Filled with artwork spanning five centuries, including Van Gogh sketches and a Bruegel, it is now a…

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Maison Autrique, Brussels. © Marie-Françoise Plissart, Maison Autrique

Autrique House

Daily; not Mon or Tue

Set in the Schaerbeek district, Autrique House is the first hôtel particulier designed by Art Nouveau darling Victor Horta in 1893. Now a museum, the house is filled with graceful corridors…

The perfect pint. Photo by Ben Evans, © Whatsonwhen

Brewery Museum

Daily

To see how the Belgian beer that is found in your pint glass was originally created, take a trip to The Brewery Museum in Brussels.

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The Horta Museum, Brussels. Courtesy of Brussels Tourist Office

Horta Museum

Daily; not Mon

Victor Horta is Belgium's most celebrated Art Nouveau architect. The Horta Museum in Châtelain is Horta's former home and studio, with a sinuous staircase inspired by vegetation, twisting…

Toy Museum

Daily

Relive the magic of childhood at Brussels' Toy Museum. With a strict "please do touch" policy, children are only held back by the boundaries of their own imagination.

Sorry we're Closed

Daily

Sorry we're closed is a shop window-cum-exhibition space, a way to rethink (un)used spaces, art and the rapport between the latter, the city and its visitors. On the downside, it's a solitary…