Brussels City Museum, Brussels: Photos, Reviews & Location

Neo-Gothic-style city museum housing the Mannekin Pis wardrobe & a discovery game route for kids.

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#29 of 45 Tourist attractions in Brussels #11 of 19 Museums in Brussels

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.40

0.2 km from the center of Brussels

Rating breakdown

5 ★57%
4 ★30%
3 ★10%
2 ★2%
1 ★1%

Grote Markt van, 1000 Brussel, Belgium

brusselscitymuseum.brussels

+32 2 279 43 50

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Brussels City Museum?: Brussels City Museum is rated 4.4 out of 5 based on 3,157 reviews.
How does Brussels City Museum rank in Brussels?: Brussels City Museum is #29 of 45 Tourist attractions in Brussels by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Brussels City Museum located?: Grote Markt van, 1000 Brussel, Belgium — 0.2 km from the center of Brussels.
How can I contact Brussels City Museum?: Phone: +32 2 279 43 50 · Website: brusselscitymuseum.brussels

Reviews (11)

Chris Beaumont 2023 Oct 21

Quite a good little museum with lots of historical information and artifacts about Brussels. Not much to keep the kids interested, but it was still one of our favourite places we visited in Brussels. Relatively cheap to enter and there were free lockers to put bags so that you didn't have to carry them along the museum. The mystery is over 3 levels.

Benjamin Brown 2023 Oct 13

If you want to know a ton about the history of Brussels and it's architecture in just about an hour, plus see the actual Mannekin Pis statue, visit this museum! Easy to walk through and see art, pottery, furniture and maps that describe the various eras of the city and who rules when and how. It's really cool it's using the legit original building as well.

Joshua Hopkins 2023 Oct 11

It's a wonderful museum! And very reasonable admission. You must check it out

Sandeep Singh 2023 Oct 03

Very good experience. The museum can be covered in 45mn if you are in a tight schedule or if you want to see it nicely budget 2hrs.
Good for kids, they offer free entrance on the 1st of the month.

Mario M 2023 Sep 20

Start from the last floor to discover the original Manneken-Pis. This museum has more than 7.000 pieces to discover the history of Brussels.
As Brussels resident, I loved it. It’s nice to see paintings of the old Brussels.
For tourists, I recommend to visit this museum only if you have spare time. The visit takes around 1h30/2h. The entrance is 10 euros for adults and 4 euros for students and kids.
Brussels has an incredible story but I don’t think this exposition helps the discovery in an easy and user friendly way. A lot to improve in the journey of the visit to the museum. I recommend to start from the last floor where you learn about the history of the city. Then, go down to ground floor where there are the less interesting pottery and the statues from the old city.

Olga Tsurtsumia 2023 Aug 31

That is museum dedicated to the history of the city of Brussels. Very nice historic building and its free for the teachers as like any other public museum, the proof should be shown at the cacheers.

Jakob O-V 2023 Aug 30

Good museum, not too small or too big. Prices are good for students. Has a lot of information about how Brussels has developed, not as much painting art, though, unsurprisingly. Some cool views, too.

Usha Shetty 2023 Aug 24

The museum’s main focus was on the early modern period, with some medieval history thrown in too. There were many interesting paintings and other works of art. Most notably this museum houses the original weathervane from the Town Hall opposite. There is good wifi through which visitors are able to access a complementary audio or visual guide

Mahmoud Daghlas 2023 Jul 06

Great museum to learn about the history of Brussels and the town square!
The building is really nice and feels vintage wine it is! The collections are nice and the displayed statues from the fifteenth century are really mesmerizing! They also have the original mannikan-pis statue. The visit is definitely worth it

Felicia 2023 Jun 23

Interesting Museum that has website audio guide. They have wifi for you can use the audio guide within the building. Recommended to bring your earphones so you can listen to the guide and explore the museum. Wish there were more types of souvenirs from the museum though. :)

Patrick Vander Maelen 2023 Apr 19

Nice place, quite small museum but with a good overview of the expansion of the city of Brussels.
The thematic rooms have however only a couple of pieces in exhibition, be it beautiful ones.