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 | Image | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | City of Brussels | History - Art | Historical and artistic artefacts from cultures around the world | |
| Museum of the City of Brussels | 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 | |
| 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 | City of Brussels | 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 Géo De Vlamynck | |
| 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 | 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 | History | Museum of European history and the history of European integration | |
| Information Technology Museum - Unisys Belgium | City of Brussels | 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. | |
| Jean Massart Botanical Garden | Auderghem | Nature | Research garden open to the public | |
| Jewish Museum of Belgium | City of Brussels | Cultural | ||
| 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 | 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 | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | Art | Street Art | |
| Modern Religious Art Museum | Koekelberg | Art | ||
| Municipal Museum of Molenbeek | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | Local | ||
| Musical Instrument Museum | 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 | City of Brussels | Historic house | ||
| Parlamentarium | City of Brussels | Politics | Visitors' centre of the European Parliament | |
| Planetarium of Brussels | City of Brussels | 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | Ixelles | Nature | Collection of skeletons and stuffed animals of a wide range of species |
Former museums
- Underwear Museum - Moved to Lessines, Hainaut in 2016