Are you captivated by medieval and Renaissance art? Here are the best museums to visit in Belgium:
1Lakenhalle Gent
GhentThe Ghent Cloth Hall is a building that was used as a trading and stacking place for cloth in the Middle Ages. The building also houses the museum of the Guild of St. Michael - a fencing museum. 2City Hall of Bruges
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 3Museum 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 4Museum of the 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 5Musée 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 6Treasury of the Cathedral
BrugesThe Museum of St. Salvator's Cathedral is housed in the 1912 neo-Gothic chapter house. The museum displays objects from St. Salvator's Church, the demolished St. Donaas Church and the monasteries abolished in the French era. Visitors walk through some 13 centuries of art history, from early Romanesq 7Museum 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 8Museum St John’s Hospital Bruges
BrugesOne of Europe's oldest preserved hospital buildings with masterpieces by the Flemish primitive Hans Memling and surprising contemporary artworks by artists such as Berlinde De Bruyckere and Patricia Piccinini. The Museum St John’s Hospital extends a warm welcome to all of its visitors. Step inside 9Halle Gate
BrusselsThe Halle Gate is the only preserved city gate in Brussels. This 14th-century city gate tells the life story of the gate and that of the walled city. Stories of contrived plans and coincidences and of alliances and conflicts reveal how Brussels was protected from attack during the Middle Ages and th 10Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten
HoogstratenThe Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten is located in the Beguinage. The museum is dedicated to the heritage of Hoogstraten with a focus on city history and prehistory. The museum provides an overview of the city's history from 1210 to the present. The archaeological site 'Meirberg' is an important Stone A 11Pottery Museum Raeren
RaerenSince 1963 the Pottery Museum Raeren is accommodated in the historic Raeren Castle dating from the 14th century. With its permanent exposition the museum offers a complete overview on the history of Raeren stoneware. Up to today the Pottery museum Raeren is the only museum in the world with such an 12Museum Hof van Busleyden
MechelenThe Court of Busleyden is one of the buildings in Mechelen that dates back to the early 16th century. It was commissioned by Hieronymus of Busleyden, a member of the Great Council. Jeroen van Busleyden was also the founder of the Collegium Trilingue at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, breeding gr 13Tour Romane d'Amay
AmayThe Romanesque tower of Amay, also called tower of Waroux dates from the 12th century. The tower is made of coal-bearing sandstone and is 15.60 meters high. The tower served as a watchtower for the procurators who were supposed to guard the principality. 14Musea Hunnegem
GeraardsbergenOn the Hunnegem site, several museums are housed; The Museum Huge is housed in Hunnegem's Romanesque church and in the adjacent neo-Gothic Pax Hall. Besides the genesis of the town and the monastic community, specific themes are highlighted; monastic life, Marian devotion, Benedict, education, the 15Historium Brugge
BrugesTravel back in time in Bruges. Experience in various ways how lively Bruges was during the Golden Age. Start your visit with an impressive virtual flight along the medieval architecture in the Historium Virtual Reality. Continue your time travel in the Historium Story. Follow the fascinating story o- 16
TreM.a
NamurThe Provincial Museum of Ancient Arts of Namur - Treasure of Oignies is housed in an 18th-century mansion, the Hôtel de Gaiffier d'Hestroy. The museum has a collection of artifacts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Among other things, it holds the treasure of the former priory of Oignies, on - 17
Imaginair Museum Dierick Jeroen Bosch
GhentThe Imaginary Museum Dierick Hieronymus Bosch includes a collection of full-size color photographs of the oeuvre of painter Hieronymus Bosch.