# Musée Magritte

> Five floors devoted to René Magritte, holding the world's largest collection of his work.

- Canonical URL: https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/places/museum/musee-magritte
- Category: Museum
- Address: Place Royale 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Coordinates: 50.842200, 4.357700
- Opening hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 11:00-18:00
- Official website: https://www.fine-arts-museum.be

## Why we recommend it

Go early on a weekday and you can have the top floor almost to yourself. It is the rare single-artist museum that is the right length. You leave still interested.

## About

The collection runs chronologically from the top floor down, which means you
start with the early Futurist-influenced work and finish in the late period
everyone recognises. It is a good argument for taking the lift up and walking
down.

Like the rest of the Fine Arts complex, it is **closed on Mondays**, and entry
is **free on the first Wednesday of the month from 13:00**.

The museum sits on the Place Royale and connects internally to the
[Musée Old Masters](/places/museum/musee-old-masters), so the two can be done
on one ticket if you have the stamina. The Mont des Arts gardens are the way
back down to the lower town.

## Distances

Straight-line distances computed from coordinates. Walking times are estimates, not measured routes.

| From | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Grand-Place | 620 m | approx. 12 min |
| Place du Grand Sablon | 160 m | approx. 3 min |
| Our apartment | 380 m | approx. 7 min |
| Brussels Central | 390 m | approx. 8 min |
| Manneken-Pis | 620 m | approx. 12 min |

## Links

- [Musée Magritte on brusselsmuseums.be](https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/fr/musees/musee-magritte)

## Map

- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.842200&mlon=4.357700#map=18/50.842200/4.357700)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=50.842200,4.357700)
- [Walking directions from the Grand-Place](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=50.846700,4.352500&destination=50.842200,4.357700&travelmode=walking)

## Nearby

- [Musée Old Masters](https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/places/museum/musee-old-masters) — Four hundred years of painting at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, with the world's second largest Bruegel collection, ten minutes from the apartment.
- [Musée Art & Histoire](https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/places/museum/musee-art-et-histoire) — Belgium's national collection of antiquity, archaeology and decorative arts, in the Cinquantenaire park, a short metro ride east of the centre.
- [Jat' Café](https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/places/cafe/jat-cafe) — A wood-fitted coffee shop on the quiet street between Place Royale and Porte de Namur, open on Sundays, with bagels and weekend brunch.

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Source: [Musée Magritte](https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/places/museum/musee-magritte) on [Brussels Grand Place](https://www.brusselsgrandplace.com/), the Grand-Place in Brussels building by building, written by people who live 200 m from the square.
Last updated: 2026-09-15.