Musée Oldmasters Museum

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Peter Paul Rubens and workshop : “The Crowning of Mary”. Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, inv. 162 (click to enlarge)

musée oldmasters museum – A stroke of genius.

The remarkable collection of Old Masters, witnessing to a rich and creative past, covers a period running from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

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 17th and 18th 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 ...


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 16th to the 19th 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

ATTENTION: Due to the COVID-19 crisis and staff shortage, the collections are alternately open.
From 26 March to 15 October 2021:
- the Old Masters Museum is temporarily inaccessible. Explore the collection virtually thanks to our free online resources.
- the Fin-de-Siècle Museum reopens its four exhibition floors. Ensor, Khnopff, Spilliaert, Horta, Rodin, Gauguin, Boch, Bonnard… : over 120 artists await your visit at the Fin-de-Siècle Museum!

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 1st, 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 MuseumMusée 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 1st Wednesday of the month from 13:00 [does not apply to temporary exhibitions]