Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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| Established | 1803 |
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| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′31″N 4°21′28″E / 50.841944°N 4.357778°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1845 it is decided by royal Decree that a museum is to be founded with works of art of deceswed and kiving Belgian Artists. This is accorded by Minister Sylvain van de Weyer a national Commission is founded to select important works of art. This commission is presided by the First president Count de Beaufort. Other members are:
Much of the founder members were active in the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium and therefor considered important.
The museums are situated in the capital Brussels in the downtown area on the Coudenberg. There are six museums connected with the Royal Museum, and two of them (the Museum of Ancient Art and the Museum of Modern Art, Brussels), are in the main building. The Magritte Museum, opened in 2009, and Fin-de-Siècle Museum, opened in 2013, are adjacent to the main building The Constantin Meunier Museum and the Antoine Wiertz Museum are dedicated to specific Belgian artists, are much smaller, and are located a few kilometers from the city center.
The Royal Museum contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, which date from the early 15th century to the present. The museum has an extensive collection of Flemish painting, among them paintings by Bruegel and Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin (the Master of Flémalle), Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens. The museum is also proud of its "Rubens Room", which houses more than 20 paintings by the artist.
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