Oldmasters Museum

The Oldmasters Museum is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to Old Master European painters of the 15th to the 18th centuries, with some later works.

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Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: art museum in Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Also known as: “KMSKB”, “Musée Oldmasters - Oldmasters Museum”, “Musée Oldmasters Museum”, and “Royal Museum of Ancient Art”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Royal Library of Belgium.

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Government office

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The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum, the Wiertz Museum and the Meunier Museum.

Royal Library of Belgium

Library

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The Royal Library of Belgium is the national library of Belgium. The institution owns several collections of historical importance, like the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors. Royal Library of Belgium is situated 200 metres north of Oldmasters Museum.

Fin-de-Siècle Museum

Museum

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The Fin-de-Siècle Museum is a museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to the full spectrum of the arts of the period between 1884, when the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was founded Brussels, and 1914, the year of the outbreak of World War I.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royal Quarter and Pentagon.

Royal Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Royal Quarter is a quarter in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium. It is situated between Brussels Park, the Royal Palace, the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg and the Sablon/Zavel. It is an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture.

Pentagon

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The Pentagon is the historical center of Brussels. It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The Pentagon of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.