Brussels - Belgian Royal Museum of Fine Arts Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts en Belgique

 
Belgium's Royal Museum of Fine Arts (1875-81), one of the largest and best art galleries in the world, extends for some distance along the Rue de la Régence (Regentschapsstraat) from the west side of the Place Royale. The museum grew out of a collection first set up in 1797 and originally housed in the former palace of Charles of Lorraine. This was transferred to the newly established Musées Royaux in 1846. In 1978 a major program of modernization was undertaken involving enlargement of the museum by the addition of an underground extension.

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The entire collection was reorganized and divided into two parts, the Musée d'art ancien (15th to 18th C.) occupying the old building, and the Musée d'art moderne (mainly 19th and 20th C. Belgian works) in the new section lit by a shaft opening onto the Place du Musée. The main entrance is in the Rue de la Régence.
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Address: Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue du Musée 9, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Hours:
10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1), Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Guides: Taped tours for rent.
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service
Transit: Tram: 92, 94; Bus: 20, 34, 35, 71, 96.

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