Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

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The bulk of this collection consists of the painting of the former Southern Netherlands, with masterpieces by Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Dirk Bouts, Hans Memling, Hieronymus Bosch, Lucas Cranach and Gerard David. For the sixteenth century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is magnificently represented with major works like The Fall of the Rebel Angels or The Census at Bethlehem. Finally, for the 17^th and 18^th centuries the Flemish School is represented by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacques Jordaens, the French and Italian schools by Simon Vouet, Philippe de Champaigne, Le Lorrain, Jusepe de Ribera, Giovani BattistaTiepolo and others ...

New: Take a virtual walk through the museum's Bruegel collection! Thanks to the 3D digitisation of the exhibition room, you can navigate at 360° with or without a virtual reality headset. Get up close to the works, access the gigapixel images or watch videos in which experts share their knowledge of Bruegel The Elder and his work.
> Start the 3D-tour

History of the collection

The collection originated during the French Revolution, when many works of art were seized by the occupant, especially from religious institutions.

The Museum was founded in 1801 by Napoleon Bonaparte, but it was in 1830, with Belgian independence, that it really became a major institution. In 1913, de Grez donation enriched the collection with more than 4,000 works on paper dating from the 16^th to the 19^th centuries (Hendrick Goltzius, Jacques de Gheyn the Younger, Rembrandt ...).

 

 

Tickets

Address

Musée Oldmasters Museum
Rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat 3
1000 Brussels

+32 (0)2 508 32 11
info@fine-arts-museum.be

Hours

Tuesdays – Fridays: 10:00-17:00

The ticket offices close at 16:30

Weekends: 11:00-18:00
The ticket offices close at 17:30

Closing days: Mondays, January 1^st, 1 May, 1 November, 11 November, 25 December

On 24 and 31 December, the Museums close at 14:00

Plan

Admission

	Collections + Musée Magritte Museum	Collections (Old Masters + Fin-de-Siècle)	Musée Magritte Museum	Musée Wiertz Museum / Musée Meunier Museum
Adults (19 - 64)	€ 15	€ 10	€ 10	free
Seniors (+ 65) adults in group (minimum 15 persons) Thalys passengers	€ 10	€ 8	€ 8	free
Students (-26 y/o; valid student card required) School groups (unannounced; -26 y/o) People with disabilities / escort Belgian job seekers and integration income beneficiaries (Law of 26/05/2002; upon presentation of supporting documents)	€ 5	€ 3	€ 3	free
Children and youth (- 19; not in school group) City of Brussels guides School teachers One accompanying person per group with greatly reduced admission price Members of ICOM-Vlaanderen, ICOM / Wallonie-Bruxelles (valid documents needed) Science Policy (Belspo) staff (valid documents needed) Friends of the RMFAB Press card holders (valid press card or appointment required) Brussels Card Ribbedebie & Attractions et Tourisme Eurostar passengers (buy one, get one for free)	free	free	free	free
Visioguide Fin-de-Siècle (French, Dutch, English, German) Audioguide Old Masters (French, Dutch, English, German) Audio and visio guides Magritte: NEW! Audio guide for kids (French, Dutch, English, German, Italian) Audio guide for adultes (French, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Italian) Visio guide for adults and blind visitors (French, Dutch, English)	€ 4	€ 4	€ 4	–

Free admission to all museums on the 1^st Wednesday of the month from 13:00 [does not apply to temporary exhibitions]