Which museums are open today in Brussels?
Today's museums come first, then the rest of the week. Many museums close on Monday, so check the day below.
Monday Today
- Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 13:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 13:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–19:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Closed this day: Magritte Museum, Musical Instruments Museum (MIM), Art & History Museum, Horta Museum, Old Masters Museum, Coudenberg Palace, Museum of Natural Sciences, Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center), Train World
Tuesday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 14:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–19:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Wednesday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 14:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–19:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Thursday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 14:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–19:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Friday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 14:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–20:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Saturday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 11:00–18:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 11:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 11:00–18:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–20:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
Sunday Today
- Magritte Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 11:00–18:00 · €13
The world's largest collection of René Magritte's surrealist works. - Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €18
1,000+ instruments with audio guide in the Art Nouveau Old England building. - Parlamentarium · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free
The European Parliament's interactive visitor centre, in all 24 EU languages. - House of European History · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free
Europe's modern history told through objects and multimedia, in Parc Léopold. - Art & History Museum · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €10
Huge encyclopaedic museum: antiquities, Art Deco and Easter Island. - Horta Museum · Saint-Gilles · 🕗 11:00–17:30 · €12
Victor Horta's own house and studio, a UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau gem full of light, iron and curves. - Old Masters Museum · Mont des Arts · 🕗 11:00–18:00 · €13
Flemish masters from Van der Weyden to Bruegel and Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. - Coudenberg Palace · Mont des Arts · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
Walk the underground ruins of Charles V's palace and a buried medieval street beneath Place Royale. - Museum of Natural Sciences · EU quarter/Cinquantenaire · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Europe's largest dinosaur gallery, with a herd of real Iguanodon skeletons found in a Belgian coal mine. - Comics Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center) · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €14
Tintin, the Smurfs and Spirou in a Victor Horta Art Nouveau department store. - Train World · Schaerbeek · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €15
Real steam locomotives and vintage carriages in and beside Schaerbeek's historic station. - Choco-Story Brussels · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
From cocoa bean to praline, with a live chocolatier demonstration and a tasting at the end. - Belgian Beer World · Grand-Place/Centre · 🕗 10:30–19:30 · €25
Interactive beer experience in the old Stock Exchange, with tastings and a drink on the rooftop.
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Last updated: 29 September 2026