Museums
Museums of Belgium
737 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum34museums
Military museum27museums
Artist's home18museums
Historic house museum8museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
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2Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Antwerp, Flanders
Art museum · 1810
153k visitors
4Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium
Ixelles, Brussels Capital
Natural history museum · 1846
398k visitors
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5Musical Instruments Museum
Brussels, Brussels Capital
Musical instrument museum · 1877
223k visitors
8Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
Tournai, Wallonia
Art museum · 1928
28k visitors
11Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Ixelles, Brussels Capital
Art museum · 1801
15Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren, Flanders
Natural history museum · 1898
16House of European History
Etterbeek, Brussels Capital
History museum · 2014
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17M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
Antwerp, Flanders
1985
97k visitors
20Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
Etterbeek, Brussels Capital
Aviation museum · 1923
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25Brussels City Museum
Brussels, Brussels Capital
City museum · 1887
33Museum of Photography in Charleroi
Montigny-le-Tilleul, Wallonia
1987
60k visitors
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40Openluchtmuseum Bokrijk
Zonhoven, Flanders
Living museum · 1958
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42Choco-Story Brussels
Brussels, Brussels Capital
2014
53Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum Velzeke
Strijpen, Flanders
Archaeological museum
57Former House and Workplace of Clas Grüner Sterner
Ixelles, Brussels Capital
Artist's home · 1902
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 34 |
| Military museum | 27 |
| Artist's home | 18 |
| Historic house museum | 8 |
| Archaeological museum | 7 |
| Sculpture garden | 6 |
| Heritage railway | 5 |
| Automobile museum | 4 |
| Science museum | 4 |
| Art museum | 4 |
| Music museum | 4 |
| University museum | 3 |
| Fashion museum | 3 |
| Science center | 3 |