Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

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7 / 10

5 expert reviews

“The Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, attached to the Magritte Museum, holds a vast collection split between modern and ancient works.”

– Let's Go

Fodor's Fodor's
"For a chronologically and culturally wide-ranging collection of artworks, hit the sprawling Royal Museums of Art and History in the Parc du Cinquantenaire, which is worth a visit in itself." Full review
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Don't miss the colossal Easter Island statue.
Frommer's Frommer's
"In a vast museum of several buildings, this complex combines the Musée d'Art Ancien and the Musée d'Art Moderne under one roof (connected by a passage)." Full review
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Don't miss his unusual Fall of the Rebel Angels, with grotesque faces and beasts.
Frommer's Frommer's
"The rich collection comes courtesy of Napoléon, who in 1801 founded the museum from works seized during the French Revolution." Full review
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report
10.0
"The museum houses 20,000 works of art from the 15th to the 21st centuries, and it's organized into six smaller museums, including the Old Masters Museum and the Modern Museum." Full review