M – Museum Leuven
M – Museum Leuven or simply M is an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, Belgium, which was officially opened in 2009. The museum has a collection of some 46,000 works, which range from late-Gothic paintings and sculptures to 16th century local artists…Photo: Sally V, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Tuesday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM—10:00 PM
Friday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Leuven, Belgium
- Also known as: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”, “M - Leuven”, “M Leuven”, “M-Museum”, and “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Address: Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 26, Leuven, 3000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ladeuzeplein and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.
Ladeuzeplein
Square
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
The Mgr. Ladeuzeplein is the largest square in the centre of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The square was named after a former rector of the Catholic University of Leuven, Mgr. Ladeuzeplein is situated 150 metres east of M – Museum Leuven.
Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven
Church
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Leuven, Belgium, built in the 15th century in the Brabantine Gothic style. The church has a cruciform floor plan and a low bell tower that has never been completed. Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven is situated 250 metres northwest of M – Museum Leuven.
Stadsschouwburg Leuven
Theater building
Photo: Homeros 29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stadsschouwburg Leuven is a theater building, which is situated 120 metres north of M – Museum Leuven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Kessel-Lo.
Heverlee
Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heverlee is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.
Kessel-Lo
Village
Photo: Álvaro Rebón, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kessel-Lo is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. The city was merged into Leuven as a sub-municipality on 1 January 1977.
M – Museum Leuven
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.87869° or 50° 52′ 43″ northLongitude
4.70443° or 4° 42′ 16″ eastOpen location code
9F26VPH3+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 379769432OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2362660
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Walloon—“M – Museum Leuven” goes by many names.
- Breton: “M-Museum Leuven”
- Catalan: “M Leuven”
- Catalan: “M-Museum Leuven”
- Catalan: “Museum M Leuven”
- Catalan: “Museum M”
- Dutch: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Dutch: “M – Museum Leuven”
- Dutch: “M Leuven”
- Dutch: “Museum M”
- Dutch: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Esperanto: “M-Muzeo”
- French: “M – Museum Leuven”
- French: “M Leuven”
- French: “Musée M”
- French: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- German: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- German: “M – Museum Leuven”
- German: “M Leuven”
- German: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Indonesian: “M Leuven”
- Indonesian: “M-Museum Leuven”
- Indonesian: “Museum M”
- Italian: “M - Museum Leuven”
- Italian: “M Leuven”
- Italian: “musée M”
- Latin: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Latin: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Limburgan: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Limburgan: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Picard: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Picard: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Portuguese: “M-Museum Leuven”
- Russian: “М — Музей Лёвена”
- Slovenian: “M Leuven”
- Slovenian: “Mestni muzej Vanderkelen - Mertens”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Leuven”
- Slovenian: “muzej M Leuven”
- Slovenian: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Spanish: “M - Museum Leuven”
- Spanish: “M – Museum Leuven”
- Spanish: “M Leuven”
- Vlaams: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Vlaams: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- Walloon: “Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Museum Leuven”
- Walloon: “Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens”
- “M Leuven”
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