All plant museums to visit in Belgium

Immerse yourself in the world of plants at 19 museums in Belgium dedicated to botany. These museums explore the diversity, biology, and importance of plant life.

Do you love plants and nature? Here are the must-visit botanical gardens in Belgium:

  1. Meise Botanic Garden1

    Meise Botanic Garden

     Meise
    To visit Meise Botanic Garden is to enjoy plant growth and blossoms, fragrance and colour, opulence and variety – at any time of the year. 20,000 plant species from all over the world grow in a large, green oasis of 92 hectares, either outside in the domain, or inside in one of our iconic glasshouse
  2. Natural History Museum and Vivarium2

    Natural History Museum and Vivarium

     Tournai
    The Museum of Natural History and Vivarium of Tournai (Musée d'histoire naturelle et vivarium de Tournai) is housed in a neoclassical building, with an 1839 gallery a large hall and a conservatory. The museum invites visitors to discover its historical past and the great diversity within the animal
  3. Arboretum Kalmthout3

    Arboretum Kalmthout

     Kalmthout
    The Arboretum Kalmthout is one of the oldest tree and plant gardens in Flanders. Arboretum Kalmthout features plants from all over the world. Within the plant collection, the witch hazels are the best known. The plant collections focus mainly on trees, shrubs and ornamental garden plants. All plants
  4. De wereld van Kina: de Tuin4

    De wereld van Kina: de Tuin

     Ghent
    The World of Kina: the Garden is a nature museum for children. There are 1,500 plants scattered in thematic beds, including medicinal plants, dye plants, forest and dunes. The plant room provides information about the plant kingdom. There is also a focus on the life of bees, and the spider room incl
  5. Hof ter Saksen5

    Hof ter Saksen

     Beveren
    The Hof ter Saksen is a municipal nature preserve with a landscape park and walking avenues. In addition to the park, castle, orangery and farm building, there is also a nature garden, a standard orchard, the Beverse brook valley with buffer basin and an oak forest.
  6. Sculpture Park Hugo Voeten6

    Sculpture Park Hugo Voeten

     Geel
    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
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    Ghent university museum

     Ghent
    The gent university museum (GUM) opened on 23 oktober 2020 and collections of multiple smaller museums that existed before. It has collections related to all university activities including zoology, morphology, science, history, medicine, history and ethnographicism. It is located next to the "botan
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    Musée de la Forêt et des Eaux

     Spa
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    Druivenmuseum

     Overijse
    The Grape Museum is located in the old 17th-century tavern "Den Bonten Os. The museum is dedicated to grape cultivation in the region. Among other things, it tells how cultivation started and grew in the 19th century, what "Royal," "Ribier," "Leopold III" and "Muscat" mean, what "glass villages in t
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    Bosmuseum Jan van Ruusbroec

     Hoeilaart
    Forest Museum Jan van Ruusbroec is dedicated to the history and geology of the Sonian Forest. In addition, the typical fauna and flora of the forest is explained and there is a separate section on trees and forestry.
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    Museum Wateringhuis

     Overpelt
    Museum Wateringhuis is located in the former home of the water boss of the De Watering nature reserve. The museum paints a picture of the area's genesis and natural values. The area is only partially accessible because of the protection of its unique fauna and flora. Among other things, the museum f
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    Musée fagnard et forestier de Ternell

     Eupen
    Nature Center House Ternell is a natural history Fens and forest museum that presents a picture of the native plant and animal world and the origins of the High Fens.
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    Museum of Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants

     Ixelles
    The Museum of Medicinal Plants and Pharmacy is located in a corridor of the ULB Institute of Pharmacy. The museum portrays past and present medicines through a collection of medicinal plants. The collection includes samples from all over the world, posters, paintings, photographs and didactic object
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    Maison de la Flore Locale

     Lens-Saint-Servais
    The Maison de la Flore Locale has a permanent exhibition on the flora and fauna of the Geer region. In addition, temporary exhibitions are organized.
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    Bosmuseum Pijnven

     Hechtel-Eksel
    Bosmuseum Pijnven belongs to the nature reserve Pijnven, a large and varied coniferous forest. The museum paints a picture of the fauna and flora of the Limburg Kempen region. The emphasis is on the forest as a community of life and on the principles of forestry. A collection of wood species is also
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    Hottemme Estate

     Heyd
    At the Hottemme Domain, visitors can discover a great diversity of fauna and flora protected by Natura 2000, including endangered orchids, butterflies, birds, mammals, reptiles and frog-like species. An exhibition introduces the fauna, flora and rural life of the Ardennes through bioramas.
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    Centre d'interpretation du champignon

     Sainte-Ode
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    Musée des cretes sauvages

     Falmignoul
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    Maison des plantes médicinales

     Flobecq