Musée du Cinquantenaire

Art & History Museum

Musée Art & Histoire / Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis
The museum, pictured in 2010
Location within Brussels
Location	Cinquantenaire Park 10 Brussels B-1000 Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′21″N 4°23′31″E / 50.83903°N 4.39187°E / 50.83903; 4.39187
Type	Art, ethnology, history
Public transit access	Schuman and Merode station
Website	www.kmkg-mrah.be

The Art & History Museum (French: Musée Art & Histoire, Dutch: Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis) is a public museum in Brussels, Belgium which is one of the constituents of the Royal Museums for Art and History. It is located in the Cinquantenaire park. It was known as the Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire, Dutch: Jubelpark Museum) until May 2018. It is one of the largest museums in Europe.

The collection of the museum is divided into four parts:

The Cinquantenaire Museum has a large collection which dates between prehistory to the Merovingian period (751 AD). It also has a collection of antiquity.

The Cinquantenaire Museum collection houses early art from the ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome civilizations. Many important and impressive remains from Apamea, Syria, including part of the Great Colonnade and outstanding mosaic floors are on view. The Roman collection also includes a large scale model of the city of Rome during the 4th century AD.

Important collections of artefacts from Asian countries, such as China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Americas (showing pre-Columbian civilisations and contemporary societies) and Oceania (particularly Easter Island) and the Islamic world.