8 free museums in Brussels every day of the year

8 free museums in Brussels every day of the year

Updated January 22, 2023 by pierre

Tips for visiting museums in Brussels for free

If you're a culture and museum junkie, you probably know that the price can add up quickly. If you don't have great means or a very great thirst for culture, this list of free museums in Brussels should interest you.

You heard it right, it's not about free museums on the first Sunday of the month, but many museums that never charge a fee to enter. So there is no excuse for not visiting these museums. You will learn that free does not mean less interesting.

When writing the article, the entrance was free, do not hesitate to confirm on their site before making the trip.

You will like also, our almost free itinerary to discover Brussels on foot in one day.

1. Parliamentarium

 

 

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Discover the world of the European Parliament at the Parlamentarium, its visitors' centre, which is the largest in Europe. You will understand why it already has more than two million visitors.
https://visiting.europarl.europa.eu/

2. Great Royal Oath and of Saint George of the Crossbowmen

 

Collection relating to the Gilde founded in 1381 and the history of the crossbow.

www.arbaletriers-saintgeorges.be

3. House of European History

In this museum, you won't learn about the history of every European nation, but how history shaped a sense of European memory. . As in the life of each of us, there are events that we want to remember and others that we prefer to forget.

www.historia-europa.ep.eu

4. Museum of the National Bank of Belgium

 

 

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This museum has existed since January 2018. You will learn more about the means of payment, the security signs of euro banknotes and the role of the National Bank. Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 17 p.m.
www.bnb.be

5. Maurice Careme Museum 

Maurice Carème Museum (c) Fin-de-siècle Wikipedia
Maurice Carème Museum (c) Fin-de-siècle Wikipedia, free entry

House in which Maurice Carême lived in Anderlecht. Immerse yourself in the intimacy of writing and discover the universe in which the poet wrote as well as the places that inspired him. Free visit by appointment.
www.mauricecareme.be

6. Constantin Meunier Museum

Do you know Constantin Meunier (1831-1905): painter and sculptor? Come and discover the little-known house-workshop in Ixelles. You will find 150 works there, including bronzes of all sizes. His creations were inspired by the industrial, political and social evolution of Belgium at the end of the XNUMXth century.e century, give a realistic vision of the world of work and industry.
www.fine-arts-museum.be

7. Antoine Wiertz Museum

Wiertz Museum
Wiertz Museum – Free every day

Discover the universe of Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865): painter, sculptor and man of letters. One of the artists both romantic and controversial. Considered a visionary, he had the impressive workshop built in 1850, at the expense of the Belgian state. You have surely already seen his monumental paintings. They inspired great masters of the past such as Rubens, Michelangelo or Raphaël.
www.fine-arts-museum.be

8. Museum of Human Anatomy and Embryology 

Located on the hospital-faculty campus of Anderlecht, this museum exhibits multiple authentic specimens relating to human anatomy (parts preserved in alcohol, plastinated material, skeletal parts), as well as casts, etc. It also illustrates human development, through numerous normal or teratological fetal pieces, casts and iconographic documents. A section is devoted to bone pathologies and several showcases evoke dental anatomy, the comparative anatomy of the masticatory apparatus and dental anomalies.

https://www2.ulb.ac.be/

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