Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Entrance to the Oldmasters Museum in the Palace of Fine Arts of Brussels | |
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| Established | September 1, 1801 |
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| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′30.048″N 4°21′29.657″E / 50.84168000°N 4.35823806°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Kim Oosterlinck |
| Website | www |
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, pronounced [myze ʁwajo de boz‿aʁ də bɛlʒik]; Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə myːˈzeːjaː voːr ˈsxoːnə ˈkʏnstə(ɱ) vɑm ˈbɛlɣijə]) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and consist of six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum.
The Royal Museums contain over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, covering a period extending from the early 15th century to the present, such as those of Flemish old masters like Bruegel, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Peter Paul Rubens, making them the most popular art institution and most visited museum complex in Belgium. The Magritte Museum houses the world's largest collection of works by the surrealist artist René Magritte.