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Brussels City Museum

Name: Brussels City Museum
Price range: $
Rating: 4.4

4.4 ·

Climb into the Brussels City Museum, housed in the neo-Gothic Maison du Roi on the Grand Place. See the Manneken Pis costume collection and trace the city's history through its prized artworks and interactive screens.

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Full description

The Brussels City Museum occupies the Maison du Roi directly on the Grand Place and presents the history of the city through a modest but valuable collection. It is best known for the wardrobe of Manneken Pis, the statue's many costumes, and offers a discovery game route for children.

Reviewers praise the building and its views, and mention interactive screens explaining how certain works were made. The collection is not large, which keeps a visit to around an hour and makes it an easy add-on to a walk around the square.

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Address

Grote Markt van, 1000 Brussel, Belgium · Brussel

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Combine it with a stroll around the Grand Place, since the museum sits right on it
the museum is closed on Mondays
ask about the children's discovery game if travelling with kids.

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Reviews

An interesting museum, which taught me a lot about Brussels, I found the 1st floor with its exhibits about the burying of the River Senne and the construction of the railway between Nord and Midi stations especially interesting. Don't miss the audio-visual exhibit about Saint Gudula which is at the bottom of the…

Michael Conway

4/5

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