Musical Instruments Museum
(Muziekinstrumentenmuseum)
History Museum
Brussel, Brussel
Ranked #2 for history museums in Brussels
"amazing view in the top floor restaurant!"(5 Tips)
"Only €2 for entrance + audio guide!"(5 Tips)
"old Art Nouveau buildings of the Old England stores"(2 Tips)
"Amazing views of the city center."(15 Tips)
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4sq SUs BelgiumSeptember 5, 2016The museum in the former Old England warehouse, built in 1898 and probably Brussels's most beautiful Art Nouveau building, has a collection of 7000 musical instruments. And a great panorama bar!
Steve AndroulakisAugust 19, 2014Amazing collection of instruments of all kinds and places, often from hundreds of years ago. Listen to what they sound like with the free audio device included in the ticket price.
- VISITBRUSSELSJanuary 24, 2014This excellent museum occupies the old Art Nouveau buildings of the Old England stores (3000m2 of exhibition space) and is one of the biggest collection of instruments in the world. Read more
Carl GriffinJanuary 1, 2016Former art nouveau department store, now an impressive music museum containing over 2000 historic instruments of every type.
Timothy CohenAugust 13, 2018The 10th floor is home to a cafe/restaurant with a superb sunny terrace and view on the city! Come here for the view, not really the food.
Rapha ElJuly 4, 2017Great muzeum and super interesting. Also worth going to the top of the building to have a look à t the natural panorama vue the building gives you!
Aline BrandãoNovember 15, 2015One of my favourite places in Brussels. Try to leave at least 2 hours for it in your schedule; you won't want to rush through! Kids love it as well.
CatPAugust 7, 2014Very interesting museum! Musical instruments from all world, you can listening all of them ... And very nice sax exposition!
- Kim PhamFebruary 2, 2015Only €2 for entrance + audio guide! Go to the cafe at the top floor for incredible views of Brussels.
- Erin HuAugust 5, 2016Beautiful place! So many instruments I had never seen before! Great to listen to. Especially the floor where the pianos are, is worth it!
Onuralp IsmanAugust 18, 2017An exciting Museum. I wish to live this experience of music lovers. Aldı remember to eat something inthe Restaurant.
Joao Veloso JrSeptember 22, 2017Located in one of the most beautiful artdeco buildings, the Museum is a graveyard for instruments... they will never be heard again... a lot of cool things, but no app or way to listen to instruments
Ingrid OliveiraMay 27, 2017The building in itself is already a work of art. The exhibition is long but also quite interactive. Take your time.
Les Auberges de JeunesseNovember 3, 2011A beautiful collection of musical instruments from all over the world. Did you know the "hajhouj" ? Now you do ! Don't miss the pub/restaurant on the roof of the Museum.- Marianne ClarkAugust 8, 2019Amazing collection of instruments from around the world. So interesting and we even coincided with a school trip where they got to play some music
Anna DamaskinouFebruary 8, 2020Quite expensive for what you get! Cool views, make sure to get the audio guide to hear the sound the instruments make.
- Daniel BasteiroFebruary 12, 2011One of my favourite restaurants in Brussels. It is At the top floor of the museum. Amazing views of the city center. Good food, although it is crowded on weekends.
DHR.comSeptember 19, 2011This museum has one of the world's widest collections of musical instruments. To explore the country's musical history, you'll be using infrared headphones for listening for lots of different sounds!
Arnaud MartyNovember 29, 2012A huge collection of rare music instruments. Nice place. The visit mainly focuses on their sounds. Little fail : no attention given to modern instruments.
Tiffany NgAugust 24, 2011No music museum should be silent, yet this is the only instrument museum I know of that has recordings for most of the instruments readily accessible to visitors. Grab a pair of headphones and go!
Emily LOctober 26, 2015make sure you get the audio guide! you can listen to many of the instruments they display
Dima ShMarch 6, 2016You can listen to almost every instrument in its huge collection, beautiful building
Andrea Bravo BaladoSeptember 13, 2014It's a nice place to visit if you really like the history of musical instruments but the price of the ticket seems expensive compared to the size of the collection.
Xavier SJune 12, 2011The brunch on Sunday is worth it, but make sure you get there early and have reservation. Around lunch time it's getting packed!
Olga FMay 29, 2022Don’t forget to take a audio guide — that will allow you not only to see, but to hear every musical instrument.
Eunice WellsDecember 7, 2012Sunday brunch is pretty good quality & only €25, but their sun protection is a bit lame on the terrace & you could end up very uncomfortable in summer.
- Rl GnsFebruary 22, 2011Beautiful building, great and interesting tour through the history of music instruments and amazing view in the top floor restaurant!
- Pierre-Emmanuel CauFebruary 22, 2018Went there many times for lunch and twice to visit. Beautiful place!
StoffelRatAugust 24, 2010Great brunch on sunday with a nice view over Brussels, in the restaurant on top of the building, for only 25 euros, all you can eat! #mmm
Suat AltaşOctober 19, 2015You can listen all musical instruments even the antique ones with a bluetooth device.
Frédéric VandendrisMay 23, 2010Very nice place to visit: splendid building, great collection with cool audio. Just a bit hard to know which way the visit goes Read more
Great views but service sucks and we just got a comment from the waitress that all bread is hard when we asked if we could get fresher bread... Bread is like 2 days old! And what a great answer!
Alfred WAugust 20, 2013Staff at the restaurant at the top are not friendly. Check out the view and leave- PontusSeptember 26, 2015Second time I go to the rooftop restaurant and realise the view is not worth the UNBELIEVABLY bad service. Waited 25 min to order on half-full terrace. Nobody even notice that we left. AVOID!
Adolphe Sax & Cie www.adolphesax.beFebruary 9, 2014Great Sax200 exhibition! Congrats to MIM and it's people!
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