Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 🇧🇪

Step into the most popular art institution in Belgium when you visit the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. Situated in the downtown Royal Quarter on the Coudenberg, this grand museum complex holds more than 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings spanning from the early 15th century to the present day. You will explore six distinct interconnected and satellite museums, including the Oldmasters Museum, the Modern Museum, the Magritte Museum, and the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, alongside the satellite Wiertz and Meunier Museums located a few kilometers from the city center in Ixelles.

Art lovers will be captivated by the extensive collections inside. At the Oldmasters Museum, you can marvel at chronological displays of Flemish old masters, featuring works by Bruegel, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens, as well as a dedicated room with over twenty paintings by Rubens. Be sure to seek out the famous *Landscape with the Fall of Icarus*.

Next door, dive into the surreal world of René Magritte at his dedicated museum housing about 200 original works, or explore Art Nouveau-era masterpieces inside the Fin-de-Siècle Museum.

What to see at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

• See the world's largest collection of works by surrealist René Magritte
• Explore the Rubens Room containing more than twenty paintings by the master
• View famous Flemish Primitive masterpieces and Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
• Discover Art Nouveau-era collections at the Fin-de-Siècle Museum
• Visit off-site satellite studios dedicated to Belgian artists Antoine Wiertz and Constantin Meunier

Visiting tips

Head slightly outside the city center to Ixelles to visit the former home-studios of Antoine Wiertz and Constantin Meunier for a quieter, artist-focused experience.

How long: 2-4 hours · Best time: Morning

How to get there & what’s nearby

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is easy to reach on Brussels’s public transport, and pairs naturally with Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula. For where to stay, the weather and full itineraries, see our Brussels travel guide.