Description

Essentials about the Horta Museum in brief

Architecture and design enthusiasts should make their way to the Horta Museum during a visit to Brussels. Housed in a beautiful Art Nouveau building in the Saint-Gilles district, the museum is dedicated to the famous Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta. The building of the current museum was once Horta’s home and workplace and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The exhibition of the Horta Museum shows a selection of furniture, art objects and design objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries. In addition, the museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions on Horta and Art Nouveau.

The work of Victor Horta

Victor Horta is one of the founders and most prominent representatives of Art Nouveau. In keeping with the spirit of Art Nouveau, Horta’s ambition was to combine architecture, art and interior design into a total work of art, thus making buildings as well as homes an aesthetic experience.

The pioneer of Art Nouveau invented a style based on the arabesque and revolutionized the traditional layout of the bourgeois house. By conceiving a skylight located above a spacious staircase, he broke with the prevailing structure of the house with a bel-floor and three adjoining, rather dark rooms. Horta also took full advantage of his craftsmanship and use of industrial materials such as iron, cast iron, and glass.

Horta designed a number of buildings in Brussels. The Center for Fine Arts, the Belgian Comic Strip Center building, and the Musical Instrument Museum building are just three of Horta’s best-known structures in the Belgian capital.

Website

hortamuseum.be

Opening hours

Admission fees

Adults: €12

Seniors (Ages 65 and above): €10

Students: €6

Children (Ages 17 and under): €3.50

For more information on possible discounts see the museum’s website.

Location

Getting there

By public transport:

Tram lines 81, 92 and 97: Stop Janson

Tram line 81: Stop Trinité

Bus line 54: Stop Trinité

Bus lines 54, 123, 136, 137, 365a, N11 and W: Stop Ma Campagne

By car:

The nearest parking garage is BePark – Parking Chatelain.