Benjamin Brown

I've never been in such a singular home devoted to art nouveau architecture (or not necessarily art nouveau as they discuss in the museum). It's stunning, the thoughtful curves and use of light. No pictures allowed, they even have you lock up your phone in the lockers. The place is also a maze, the little map in the brochure tries to show you the rooms but it's hard with a limited 2d drawing. Well worth a visit, just know there's a lot of narrow stairs but worth it at the end. You have to buy your tickets online in advance to get in.

This museum is huge! Your basic ticket gets you entry here and the early 20th century museum in the basement levels, but there's also options for up to the 7 museums in the complex. This one has lots of art from 500ish years ago, some masterpieces and some just really strange. We quickly saw everything in an hour, but the audio tour would def add a lot of time with how much art there is

Never thought I'd visit a comic arts museum, but I did and it was great! There's tons of content in the really neat Horta art nouveau warehouse. Everything has detailed descriptions in French, Dutch, and English, though the English text is sometimes printed much smaller than the rest. And most of the comics displayed are in French, but that's fine, the art transcends the written language.

This is the best presentation of graffiti I've seen in one place. Scores of huge paintings and art works fill the space and more are added all the time. Each one is stunning, some just as art work and some for their messages. I especially liked the Latin American section of murales. Really cool. We got the one hour tour, our guide was super neat and very knowledge, since they're getting a degree in graffiti culture and the law, so I highly recommend the tour too.

If you want to know a ton about the history of Brussels and it's architecture in just about an hour, plus see the actual Mannekin Pis statue, visit this museum! Easy to walk through and see art, pottery, furniture and maps that describe the various eras of the city and who rules when and how. It's really cool it's using the legit original building as well.