Archive for August, 2010

Musée des Instruments de Musique; More than 1500 instruments from around the world are featured at this museum, which occupies one of the city’s most beautiful and historic Art Nouveau buildings. The basement offers a special hands-on section for kids.
Atomium intended to represent an iron “crystal, magnified 165 billion times “built for the 1958 Expo has been spruced up and the top of the structure offers a grand view across the city.
Le Cinquantenaire is a park built by Leopold II for Belgium’s golden jubilee in 1880 to showcase the country’s finest arts and crafts. The park houses three city museums: Autoworld, the Royal Museum of the Army and Military History, and the Royal Museum of Art and History.
Musée René Magritte does a first-rate job capturing how surrealist painter René Magritte one of Belgium’s most famous artists lived and painted.
Palais Royal the traditional palace of independent Belgium now houses the king’s office, the crown prince’s residence, and a small museum with artifacts from the royal dynasty.
Grand Place one of Europe’s most ornate squares hosts most of the city’s free concerts, fairs, parades and pageants make use of the Baroque masterpiece.
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée is a museum that honours comic strip heroes from Belgium’s best-known comic export Tintin to Asterix, Thorgal, the Smurfs, and Willy and Wanda, along with Andy Capp, Charlie Brown, and some familiar superheroes.
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts together, the Museum of Historical Art and the Museum of Modern Art comprise the world-class Royal Museum of Art. The collection ranges from a section featuring 15th to the 18th centuries art, with Bruegels and Reubens in two more sections, and 19th century through the modern day in the modern section.
Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles which chronicles the economic, social and political history of the city, first opened in 1887. It tells Brussels’ story through old paintings, historic documents, rich tapestries, and a scale reproduction of the city.
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