Brussels City Museum

The Brussels City Museum is a museum located on Brussels' Grand Place in Belgium. It is dedicated to the history and folklore of Brussels from its founding to the present, which it depicts via paintings, sculptures, tapestries, engravings, pictures, and models, including a noteworthy scale representation of the town during the Middle Ages.

The Brussels City Museum houses almost 7,000 artifacts, paintings, and tapestries from Brussels' past, including original sculptures from the Town Hall. Two dioramas depict Brussels in its early days and when it began to develop in the 1500s. Paintings of the Flemish Primitive Aert van den Bossche (15th century) and the French historical painter Charles Meynier may be found in the museum's collection.

On the top floor, the original Manneken Pis statue is on display. Many items from the statue's wardrobe, which included over a thousand different costumes, could also be seen in a permanent exhibition inside the museum until February 2017, when it was replaced by a specially designed museum called Garderobe MannekenPis, which opened its doors nearby at 19, rue du Chêne/Eikstraat.

Location: Grand Place, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region 1000

Website: brusselscitymuseum.brussels/en/