These are the best museums in Belgium:
Belfry of Bruges
BrugesThe Bruges ‘stadshallen’ and Belfry are protected monuments and recognized as world heritage. On the top floor, visitors can enjoy a view over Bruges and its surroundings. In addition, the clock mechanism of the carillon with 47 bells can be viewed. The treasury can also be visited where in the past
Bastogne War Museum
Bastogne
Museum Aan de Stroom
AntwerpThe MAS – Museum Aan de Stroom is housed in a tall building with a spiral tower of 62 meters high and offers a beautiful panorama of Antwerp. The museum brings art and heritage of the city, the ‘stroom’, the harbor and the world together. The MAS unites the following various collections: the former- Advertisement
Autoworld
Brussels
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Bruges
Mim - Musical instruments museum
Brussels- Advertisement
Pairi Daiza
Brugelette
Horta Museum
Saint-Gilles
In Flanders Fields Museum
YpresThe In Flanders Fields Museum is housed in the Cloth Hall of Ypres. The museum is dedicated to the First World War and focuses on the personal stories in the larger story of the conflict that partly determined world history. The permanent exhibition highlights the leading up to the war, the invasion
The Rubens House
AntwerpThe Rubens House is the rebuilt and refurbished house of the Flemish Baroque painter, draftsman and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens. The museum displays work by Rubens himself, but also from peers as Anthony Van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens. The visitor learns about the lives of Flanders greatest painter. Rub
MOOF - Museum Of Original Figurines
Brussels
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History
Brussels- Advertisement
Train World
Schaerbeek
Groeningemuseum
BrugesThe Groeninge Museum is housed in a modernist museum building from the 1930s. The museum mainly exhibits works by Belgian painters from the 14th to the 20th century, from before the Flemish Primitives to modern art. The collection includes work by Bram Bogart, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean Brusselmans, Pet
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
GhentMuseum of Fine Arts Ghent is one of the oldest museums in Belgium. The museum displays a collection of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, drawings and graphics. It owns two works by Hieronymus Bosch and etchings of James Ensor. In addition, it displays works by Maarten Van Heemskerck, Pieter Breughe
Antwerp Zoo
Antwerp
Stadhuis van Brugge
BrugesThe Town Hall of Bruges is one of the oldest town halls in the Low Countries that was completed in 1421. It served as a model for many other town halls. The Gothic room was created in its present form between 1895 and 1905 after a fire in 1887. Construction components also serve as decoration: medal
Van Buuren Museum and gardens
Uccle- Advertisement
Red Star Line Museum
Antwerp
Lakenhalle Gent
Ghent
Openluchtmuseum Bokrijk
GenkOpen air museum Bokrijk consists of reconstructed and furnished buildings, and small buildings from different areas and periods in Flanders, from sty to clergy houses. The collection includes 30,000 pieces of heritage that together illustrate daily life of the 17th century to 1950. Visitors experien
Atomium
Brussels
Botanic Garden Meise
Meise
Hergé Museum
Ottignies-Louvain-la-NeuveThe Hergé Museum is housed in a building designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc and is dedicated to the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, which is mainly known for The Adventures of Tintin. The museum features more than 80 original drawings, 800 photographs, documents and objects. Hergé is no
Natural Science Museum of Belgium
BrusselsThe Natural Science Museum of Belgium has a large collection of about 36 million pieces, of which fifteen million insects and nine million other invertebrates. In addition, the museum displays minerals and moon rocks, dinosaurs and mammoths, whale skeletons, shells and the Neanderthal man Spy. Speci- Advertisement
Musée Magritte Museum
Brussels
Planckendael
Mechelen
Plantin-Moretus Museum
AntwerpMuseum Plantin-Moretus is the only museum in the world that is on the Unesco World Heritage List. It is a combination of a patrician house from the 16th to 18th century, a printing company that was founded in 1550 and active until the 19th century, a collection of art and a collection of manuscripts
AfricaMuseum
Tervuren
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
ZonnebekeMemorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 is housed in a castle that was devastated during World War. In 1925 it was rebuilt in Norman style. The museum illustrates the five battles at Ypres. Visitors walk into a German trench, descend into a British six meter deep dugout with headquarters, a communication
François Duesberg Museum of Decorative Arts (1775-1825)
Mons
Ghent city museum
GhentGhent City Museum (STAM) is housed in the 14th-century Bijloke Abbey. The museum depicts the story of Ghent with more than 300 collection pieces and interactive multimedia. Visitors take a journey through time. The story begins with the growth and prosperity of the medieval city. The modern city of
Atlantikwall Openluchtmuseum
Ostend
Gallo-Roman Museum
TongerenThe Gallo-Roman Museum is located at a place where a Roman villa was situated in the past. The museum displays a collection of artefacts from arrowheads to coins that provide an overview from prehistory to the Merovingian period. The showpiece of the museum is the treasure of Ambiorix, 94 coins that
Collégiale Sainte-Waudru et Trésor de Mons
Mons
Liberty of Bruges
BrugesThe Liberty of Bruges is a 'country house' from 1726 to 1795 where the seat of the government of the ‘Brugse Vrije’ was. It was built on the place where the second residence of the Count was situated. Since the late 18th century to 1984, the court was housed
Bastogne Barracks
Bastogne
Church of Our Lady Bruges
BrugesThe Church of Our Lady is a Gothic church from the 13th to 15th century. The collection of treasures includes twelve apostle sculptures that support the pillars, paintings by Jacques-Louis David, Bernard van Orley, Adriaan Isenbrandt, Pieter Pourbus and Gaspar de Crayer and the rococo pulpit with sy
Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk
Antwerp
St. Bavo's Cathedral Ghent
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Technopolis
Mechelen 
Experience Centre - Beguinage of Kortrijk
KortrijkExperience Centre - Beguinage of Kortrijk illustrates the living environment of the beguines. Beguinage Kortrijk is one of the 13 Flemish beguinages that is part of the world heritage. It includes 41 houses that date from the 17th century. The experience centre is located in the Sint-Annazaal, which
Zeilschip Mercator
Ostend
BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels
Brussels
Coudenberg Palace
Brussels
Musée Le Grand Curtius
LiègeThe Curtius Museum (Musée Le Grand Curtius) is a museum of archaeology and decorative arts. The building that houses the museum was a private mansion for Jean Curtius, a Belgian manufacturer who provided gunpowder to the Spanish army. It was built somewhere between 1597 and 1610 in the typical regio
Folklore Museum Bruges
BrugesThe Folklore Museum in Bruges displays a collection of old objects in various decors. The restored 17th-century single-room dwellings include a classroom, a pharmacy, a millinery, a grocer and a confectionery. The museum also displays a large collection of pipes, old costumes and examples of popular
Dossin Casern
Mechelen
Mons Memorial Museum
Mons
BELvue museum
Brussels
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Snijders&Rockoxhuis
AntwerpThe Snijders&Rockoxhuis is an early-17th-century historic building. Nicolaas Rockox (1560 - 1640) bought the property in 1603. The museum is located on the ground floor which is a good example of 17th-century Flemish living culture. The collection includes furniture, sculpture, porcelain, pottery an
The Our Lady with the Rose Hospital Museum
Lessines
René Magritte Museum
Jette
Schatkamer van de Sint-Salvatorskathedraal
Bruges
Art & History Museum
Brussels
Le Bois du Cazier
Marcinelle
Museum of the City of Brussels - Breadhouse
Brussels
Talbot House
PoperingeThe Talbot House is a 18th century house that became a relaxation haven for English soldiers in the middle of the First World War. The house is named after the killed officer Gilbert Talbot, the son of the Anglican Bishop of Winchester. The museum displays paintings, photographs and drawings made my
Museum Mayer van den Bergh
AntwerpMuseum Mayer van den Bergh shows artefacts collected by Belgian art collector and art historian Fritz Mayer van den Bergh. His collection consists of more than 3,000 artefacts. The museum displays paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, drawings and tapestries. Among others, the museum displays work by
Félicien Rops museum
Namur
City Hall of Brussels
Brussels
Sint-Janshospitaal Brugge
BrugesThe Sint-Janshospitaal is one of the oldest hospitals in Western Europe. The museum tells the story of life in this house, about faith, healthcare, and art from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Most of the furniture is well preserved. Among others, the museum displays 15th-century works by Hans
Heritage Centre ǀ Sisters of Charity JM
GhentThe Heritage Centre | Sisters of Charity preserves and tells the history of the Sisters of Charity and their achievements in the field of education, health care, and welfare. By extension, we tell the story of women religious in general, of their life behind the convent walls, and of the pioneeri
Bruges Beer Experience
Bruges
Centrale for Contemporary Art
Brussels
Librarium - Royal Library of Belgium
Brussels
Teseum
Tongeren
Frietmuseum
Bruges
Lumina Domestica - The Lamp Museum
Bruges
Design Museum Brussels
BrusselsThe Design Museum Brussels is a space dedicated to design and its history. It was launched after the acquisition of the Plasticarium by the Atomium. Since 2015, the Plastic Design Collection offers its visitors an original reflection on plastic design from the 1950s until today. Continuously enrich
Museum De Reede
AntwerpMuseum De Reede focuses on the work of 3 masters in graphic art: Edvard Munch, Francisco Goya and Félicien Rops, alongside temporary exhibitions.
Historium Brugge
BrugesTravel back in time in Bruges. Experience in various ways how lively Bruges was during the Golden Age. Follow the fascinating story of Jan van Eyck’s apprentice in the Historium Story, with film, decors and special effects. Take an impressive virtual flight along the medieval architecture in the His
DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds
AntwerpEnter the world of DIVA, a cocoon of luxury and extravagance, filled with diamonds, jewellery and silverware. DIVA and her butler Jérome take you on a journey through Antwerp’s diamond story. Workmanship, anecdotes, emotions and sets await you in this museum.
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum
AntwerpThe Middelheimmuseum is an open air museum with some 400 works of art. It provides an international overview of modern and contemporary art in the park, ‘Het Huis’, ‘het Kasteel’ and the ‘Braempaviljoen’. Among others, the museum displays works by Carl Andre, Jean Arp, Wim Delvoye, Alberto Giacomett
Gaasbeek Castle
LennikGaasbeek Castle is a medieval castle that has had an eventful history. The castle evolved from a strategic stronghold to a large estate. One of the most famous owners was the Earl of Egmont. The visitor walks in the Gaasbeek Castle through historical interiors, where tapestries, paintings, furniture
Hopmuseum Poperinge
PoperingeHopmuseum Poperinge is located on the ‘stadsschaalcomplex’ where hop used to be weighed, inspected and stacked. The museum illustrates the history of the hop plant, field works, hop harvest and the various applications of hop. The collection of the museum includes authentic hop tools, historical doc
Design museum Gent
GhentDesign museum Gent is housed in the 18th-century Hotel de Coninck. The collection of the museum mainly consists of modern and contemporary design objects from 1860 to now. The objects that were created before 1860 form the basis for the modern and contemporary design. The old museum collection mainl
Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi
Mont-sur-Marchienne
Industriemuseum
GhentMIAT (Museum about industry, labour and textile) illustrates the evolution of industrial society from 1750 to now. Periods covered are: the first Industrial Revolution, the rise of the machine, the evolution of the consumption and information society, the evolving technology and everyday life. Spec
Halle Gate
Brussels
Museumschip Amandine
Ostend
Museum Dr. Guislain
GhentMuseum Dr. Guislain is housed in the former Hospice Guislain from 1857, the first institution in Belgium specifically built for the treatment of the mentally ill. Dr. Guislain was a pioneer in that field. The museum shows the history of psychiatry and 'madness'. A photo collection illustrates life i
Paul Delvaux Museum
Sint-Idesbald
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Potterie
BrugesThe Our Lady of the Pottery - Hospital Museum is housed in a historic hospital complex from the 13th century. The museum collection includes paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, stained glass, a silver collection, monastic and religious relics and healthcare items. The Gothic church with it
Lange Max Museum
KoekelareThe Lange Max Museum is a must-see place for the World War I tourist on the German side of the western frontline. In a brand new contemporary museum, the visitor learns all about the huge cannon that was designed to bombard Dunkirk and Ypres. The German occupation of Koekelare during the First World
Trésor de la Cathedrale de Liège
Liège
Bunkermuseum Antwerpen
AntwerpIn the bunkers of Park den Brandt you can discover how during W.W.2 an important section of the enormous German Atlantikwall was commanded from them. Besides extensive information on the bunkers and Atlantikwall in general also the air war is given attention. Especially the technical aspects of the
Sanctuary De Zonnegloed vzw
Oostvleteren
Museum Vleeshuis
Antwerp
Natural History Museum and Vivarium
Tournai
Wildlife Reserve - Domaine of the Caves of Han
Rochefort
Archeoforum of Liege
Liège
International Carnival and Mask Museum
Binche
Boudewijn Seapark
Sint-Michiels
Xpo Center Bruges
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101st Airborne museum Le Mess
Bastogne 
Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart
TurnhoutThe National Playing Card Museum is dedicated to the history of the playing card. Since the early 19th century cards are made in Turnhout and in the 20th century the city became the sole manufacturer of playing cards in the Low Countries. Besides the history, it also shows the production of playing
Baugnez 44 Historical Center
Malmedy
FOMU - Fotomuseum Antwerp
AntwerpThe Antwerp Fotomuseum (FOMU) is one of the most prestigious photography museums in Europe. FOMU is recognised at home and abroad as a leading expert in the preservation and management of photographic heritage. The museum’s historical and contemporary collections enjoy worldwide renown. There are 3
