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All Renaissance art & Early modern art museums to visit in Brussels

Experience the artistic revival of the Renaissance and early modern periods at 3 museums in Brussels. These museums showcase masterpieces from a transformative era in art history.

Are you captivated by Renaissance and early modern art? These are the best museums to visit in Brussels:

  1. Musée Wiertz Museum1

    Musée Wiertz Museum

     Brussels
    The Musée Wiertz Museum (Antoine Wiertz Museum) is dedicated to the Belgian painter, sculptor and author Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865). The museum is located in his 1850s studio. The museum displays not only his paintings, inspired by the great masters of the past, but also his numerous small sketches.
     3.6
    Art & Design Art
  3. Charlier Museum2

    Charlier Museum

     Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
    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
     3.5
    Art & Design Art
  4. Musée Oldmasters Museum3

    Musée Oldmasters Museum

     Brussels
    The Musée Oldmasters Museum (Museum of Ancient Art) displays works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rubens and Jordaens, among others. It also displays works by Flemish primitives and the other artists of the Southern Netherlands.
     3.9
    Art & Design Art