Tools for your visit - Brussels City Museum : Brussels City Museum

The Grand Place To Be_Brussels City Museum © E.Gomez

Preparing for your visit

The Brussels City Museum provides you with tools to help you better understand its collections and the history of Brussels. If you want to know more already, you can find:

our works and videos on our
our fun trails to guide your children on their visit by downloading them from our virtual library
our information sheets about the history of Brussels or our masterpieces.

The Grand Place To Be_Brussels City Museum © E.Gomez

Room Tapestry_Brussels City Museum © A.Anoni

At the Museum

During your visit, the museum offers you:

an audiovisual guide that tells you about 20 works in our collections. Discover this tool
interactive terminals to help you better understand the creation and production of the works

Feel free to ask our reception team for more information.
They will be happy to point you in the right direction.

Houses of the Grand-Place

The houses of the Grand-Place, such as La Louve (The She-Wolf), le Roi d’Espagne (The King of Spain), le Moulin à Vent (The Windmill) and La Rose, arouse curiosity and give rise to questions. Their sumptuous Baroque ornaments are still a feast for the eyes. But these decorative features are no accident! Find out about the history, the symbols and the secret of these houses in just a few clicks.

Practical information

The module on the Houses of the Grand-Place is available here, as well as at the museum
Search easily by the name of the house, the date of construction, the corporation that owns the building, etc. With the zoom function, you can discover every tiny detail of the façades
Available in 5 languages: French, Dutch, English, German and Spanish