The Belgian Comic Strip Center - Museum Brussels

The Belgian Comic Strip Center is a museum dedicated to Belgian comic strips in Brussels. The Brussels-Congress train station serves it, which is located at 20, rue des Sables/Zandstraat. The Magasins Waucquez, a textile department store, was created in 1905 by world-renowned architect Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style. The structure began to deteriorate after Waucquez's death in 1920, and the business dissolved in 1970. The building was spared from demolition by Jean Delhaye, a former Horta aid, and it was classified as a protected monument on October 16, 1975. Even yet, the structure was in poor condition and had been vandalized extensively.

The museum's bottom floor houses a cafeteria, a Victor Horta room, a comic book store titled "Slumberland" after Little Nemo in Slumberland, and a library with a reading room and a study center. An auditorium, a room containing original comic book pages by various creators, and a room dedicated to animation, especially the Belgian animation business, such as Belvision, can all be found on the first level. "The Museum of Imagination", a permanent exhibition dedicated to the chronological history of the medium in Belgium, is located on the second level. The exhibition runs from Hergé to Peyo, covering the pioneers of Belgian comics from 1929 to 1958, with a specific focus on the periodicals Spirou and Tintin.

Location: Rue des Sables 20, Brussels, Brussels Region 1000

Website: comicscenter.net