Modern art museums in Belgium

Six centuries of Belgian visual arts in one location, with work by Flemish primitives such as Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and Gerard David, neo-classicism by Joseph Odevaere and Joseph Ducq, Flemish expressionism, and 20th century modern art by René Magritte, Roger Raveel, Raoul De Keyser.

The Musée Magritte Museum (MMM) is located in the Altenloh Hotel, a neo-classical building designed in the 19th century by Alphonse Balat. The museum is dedicated to oeuvre, thought and life of Belgian surrealist painter Magritte. The museum displays more than 200 works by his hand.

René Magritte House-Museum is located in the house where the Belgian surrealist painter worked from 1930 to 1954. The museum features the painter's old apartment as well as a biographical exhibition dedicated to the painter.

The 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

The museum of the Folon Foundation is located in the farmstead of Terhulpen Castle. The foundation exhibits over 500 works by the Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon (1934 - 2005). On display are watercolors, etchings, posters, and sculptures. The trail is additionally animated by music, films, and opt

MU.ZEE is the museum of Belgian art. The museum owns a collection of Belgian art from 1850 to now. Highlights in Mu.ZEE’s collection are works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially by artists as James Ensor, Spilliaert and Constant Permeke. The total collection includes 3,500 works

The Fin-de-Siècle Museum illustrates Brussels around the turn of the century as the cultural crossroads of Europe. The museum focusses on impressionism, symbolism, wagnerism and Art Nouveau. The collection consists of works by foreign artists such as Paul Gauguin, Auguste Rodin, Pierre Bonnard, Emil

Abby Kortrijk is a playful, accessible and multi-voiced museum of visual arts. Together with a diverse network of organisations, artists and communities, and with art as a universal language, we explore what defines and connects us as human beings across borders, generations and cultures.

Museum of Fine Arts of Ixelles is housed in a former slaughterhouse. Almost all the art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries are covered in the museum, but there is also a focus on ancient art. Movements represented in the museum include fauvism, futurism, impressionism, realism and surrealism.

The Verbeke Foundation is a private art site where culture, nature and ecology come together. The space houses a collection of modern and contemporary art. The sheds of Geert Verbeke's former transport company have been converted into exhibition spaces. The Verbeke Foundation is an ongoing growth pr

M - Museum Leuven is housed in a building designed by the Belgian architect Stéphane Beel where historic buildings are combined with contemporary architecture. The museum displays combinations of ancient and contemporary art. In addition to a historical collection, it has temporary exhibitions of ol

The Jacob Smit Museum is housed in the clergy house of Mol-Sluis, a rural building from 1892. The museum displays more than fifty of Jacob Smits' best paintings, drawings and watercolour paintings. Jakob Smits mainly painted Kempen landscapes and figure paintings, biblical scenes and portraits,

The 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

The Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen and Baron Caroly derives its name from two bequests, of Jacob Joseph Wuyts in 1887 and of Baron Georges Caroly in 1935. The museum displays paintings and other art objects. The most important collection consists of paintings from the 16th to the 20th century. Hi

Exhibitions at the Red Cloister Art Center focus on the relationship between text and image, between art and graphics.

The Charlier Museum is a house museum. Owned by patron and art collector Henri Van Cutsem, the house was remodeled by Victor Horta, and in 1904 sculptor Guillaume Charlier inherited it. The house is still decorated as before, with furniture and decorative arts, including silverware, porcelain, carpe

Maurice Verbaet Center is promoting Belgian Modern Art from 1945 - 1975. Since 2015 the Maurice Verbaet Center in Antwerp has been making exhibitions with the focus on post-war Belgian art. Besides the temporary exhibitions, visitors can discover the Caroline & Maurice Verbaet collection in a perman

The museum Dhondt-Dhaenens is a private foundation recognised by the Flemish Government. As a museum, it makes publicly accessible important modern and contemporary private collections with a social relevance. As a contemporary art centre, it aims to play an active role in the international art fie

Since 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

the Permeke Museum is dedicated to Belgian Expressionist painter and sculptor Constant Permeke (1886 - 1952). The museum is housed in house "The Four Winds," which Permeke himself built in 1929. The collection consists of over 150 works, including 80 paintings. In addition to many large drawings, th

Kunstforum Würth displays works of art borrowed from Prof. Dr. h.c. Würth's personal collection. That collection includes more than 10,000 works of art. A new exhibition is organized every year, mainly with works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Collection Hugo Voeten is located in Art Center Hugo Voeten (indoor) in Herentals and Sculpture Park Hugo Voeten in Geel-Westerlo (outdoor). Both are unique environments displaying unique art in the green heart of the Antwerp Kempen region. They house the private collection of entrepreneur Hugo Voet

The Musée Modern Museum (Museum of Modern Art) displays a collection of modern and contemporary art.

Museum of Deinze and the Leie Region is housed in peculiar sleek white building. Visitors learn about the artists who from 1870 to today lived and worked in the art village of Sint-Martens-Latem and the bucolic Leiestreek. The museum exhibits paintings, sculptures and graphic works. Feutured artists

The Emile Van Doren Museum is located in the former artist's home of Belgian painter Emile Van Doren (1856-1949). The museum is also partially dedicated to this "landscape painter. The museum tells the story of old Genck, where painters since the mid-19th century drew much inspiration from the unspo

The Salons is a monumental mansion that presents a picture of art history from the 16th to the 20th century. The museum's collection includes works by "old" painters, including Peter Paul Rubens, Lambert Lombard, Sebastiaen Vranckx, Willem Claeszoon Heda and Joos de Momper, and newer painters, inclu

The Municipal Museum Gevaert-Minne is housed in the former home and studio of painter Edgar Gevaert (1891-1965). In addition to works by Gevaert, the museum's collection includes sculptures and works by Frits van den Berghe, Xavier de Cock, George Minne, Henri Permeke, Valerius de Saedeleer, Albert

Maison Van Gogh is a house where Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh stayed between August 1879 and October 1880. The house is one of the places Van Gogh visited during his trip through Europe. Moreover, it is the house where he became a painter.

"Illusion Antwerpen" is the first museum of illusions in Flanders! It is entertaining very interactive museum which collects under one roof the most famous as well as the most rare physical and optical illusions, technological wonders and even magic triks. Visitors of all age categories are welcom

The Belfius Collection is a Belgian art collection of the Belgian bank Belfius.It is an art collection of more than 4,500 works, the largest private collection in the country. The collection includes Flemish masters from the 16th and 17th centuries, modern art from 1860 to 1960, and art from 1960 to

A contemporary museum built at the light meridian in Roeselare. A Muze'um L exhibition - the L stands for Light and Landscape - whose appearance depends on the time of the day. Well thought-out architectural features turn the building into a giant sculpture providing light and shadows in keeping wit

Collection Hugo Voeten is located in Art Center Hugo Voeten (indoor) in Herentals and Sculpture Park Hugo Voeten in Geel-Westerlo (outdoor). Both are unique environments displaying unique art in the green heart of the Antwerp Kempen region. They house the private collection of entrepreneur Hugo Voet

Museum De Reede focuses on the work of 3 masters in graphic art: Edvard Munch, Francisco Goya and Félicien Rops, alongside temporary exhibitions.

"Illusion Brussels", the museum of incredible, brings to your attention the unique collection of visual, based on physics and other illusions under one roof. Museum welcomes all age categories as everyone will find something amusing inside. All illusions are accompanied with complete explanation

Herbert Foundation is a space for contemporary art in Ghent, holding the collection and archives of Annick and Anton Herbert. Their art collection and archive focus on the artistic developments in the periods around 1968 and 1989. Herbert Foundation’s heritage site, surrounded by a green garden, is

The Bal - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège gives an overview of the artistic creations that originated in the French-speaking part of Belgium. The museum displays works of art from the Renaissance to the present day. Special attention is paid to Liege artists. Exhibitions are arranged chronologically,

The Museum of Fine Arts in Tournai is housed in a building designed there by Belgian architect Victor Horta. The museum depicts the history of painting from the 15th century to the present. The collection consists mainly of old paintings from the bequest given to Tournai by the Belgian art collector

BAM - Musée des Beaux-Arts Mons is housed in a modern building in the historic center of Mons. The museum features a large selection of Cobra works, Pop art, installations and other modern visual arts. It also has an old collection of Belgian and mainly Walloon works of art from the 15th to 19th cen

The Roger Raveelmuseum is dedicated to the contemporary Flemish post-expressionistic painter Roger Raveel. It is one of the most important Belgian artists after World War II. The collection of the museum consists of about 300 paintings, 2500 drawings and the complete graphic oeuvre. The museum shows

The Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum displays works by Flemish-Belgian painter Eugeen Van Mieghem. He drew and painted the life of ordinary people, living and working.

The FeliXart museum is mainly dedicated to the Flemish painter Felix De Boeck. He belongs to the first generation of modernist painters in Belgium. The museum’s collection is based onhis works and are displayed in varying exhibitions. In addition, the museum displays historical and contemporary avan

The Museum of Fine Arts Charleroi (Musée des Beaux-Arts) displays a collection of works from the young artistic past of the Land of Charleroi and works by renowned Walloon artists. The collection spans the 19th - 20th centuries and showcases the artistic movements and collectives of Walloon and Brus

Musée communal des beaux-arts et de la ceramique (Municipal Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics) is housed in the former "Hôpital Nouveau" built in 1661. The museum displays a collection of European painting from the 14th to the 19th century, modern and contemporary Belgian painting, engravings of the

ING organizes art exhibitions in its Brussels buildings.

Museum of Louvain-La-Neuve is a university museum that displays over 20,000 works from the fields of art and civilizations. The collection is displayed in changing arrangements. The museum focuses on three themes. In "History of Civilizations," ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, traditional

The Museum of Spontaneous Art is dedicated to nonconventional art forms. The works exhibited by the museum are all about the freedom and spontaneity of the artist. All aesthetic preconceptions are abandoned there. Following a rotation system, the museum exhibits some 200 works, often by self-taught

Museum Jan Vaerten is dedicated to the work and life of Belgian artist Jan Vaerten (1909-1980). He is known as a symbolist and his oeuvre is based on one major theme: the human deficit. The museum's collection consists of more than 150 Vaerten works and the works on display change regularly.

The Museum Ensor House is dedicated to Belgian painter James Ensor. He was a painter of symbolism. The Ensor House is the house where the painter lived and worked from 1917 until his death. The building reconstructs the shell and souvenir store of his parents and aunt and uncle. On the second floor

S.M.A.K. is housed in a former casino building from 1949. The museum illustrates the developments in international art from 1945 to the present, with works by artists such as Joseph Beuys, David Hammons, Thomas Schütte Juan Muñoz, Panamarenko, Marcel Broodthaers, François-Xavier Fabre, Thierry De Co