Hortamuseum

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Horta Museum

The Horta Museum is located in the private house and studio of Victor Horta (1861-1947).

Built between 1898 and 1901 at 23-25, rue Américaine in Saint-Gilles, Brussels, the two buildings are typical of Art Nouveau at its height. The interior decoration has largely been retained, the mosaics, stained glass, and wall decorations forming a harmonious and elegant whole, down to the last detail.

Secrets of the Studios

The Horta Museum will be taking a close-up look at the creative processes of artists and architects active at the close of the 19th century. The exhibition itself will feature over 80 designs by artists such as William Morris, Henry van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In addition, however, the drawing workshop (on the second floor of the studio) will finally open its doors to the public. Here, in the carefully restored surroundings, visitors will be able to follow Horta's creative process at close quarters, aided by a collection of casts never previously exhibited.

Exhibition postponed.

Opening Times

Two sets of opening times:

The Museum is open Tuesday to Friday 2 pm - 5.30 pm. Last entry is at 5 pm.
Mornings are reserved for group visits.

The Museum is open Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 5.30 pm. Last entry is at 5 pm.

The Museum is closed on Mondays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, Ascension Day, 21 July, 15 August, 1&11 November, 25 December.

Prices

Adults: 10 euros
Students 5 euros
Seniors and Sint-Gillis inhabitants: 6 euros
Primary/Secondary pupils from 6 to 18 year : 3 euros
Icom card, Okv card, press card : free entrance 

Groups and Guided Tours

Guided tours by appointment, booked one week in advance,
9.00-12.00 (maximum three groups per hour) and
14.00-16.30 (maximum one group per hour).

Private visits after 17.30 can be arranged:
email info@hortamuseum.be or phone 02 543 04 90.

Languages: French, English, Dutch, German and, possibly, Italian and Swedish.

Guided Art Nouveau walks in the area can be arranged. 

Price
Week: 60 euros + individual entry fee
Weekends: 70 euros + individual entry fee
Evenings: 350 euros + 70 euros + individual entry fee.

Hire

2.500 euros (including guided tour, caretaking and insurance): dinner in the dining room (up to 20 people); cocktails (up to 40 people). 

CONTACTS

Office : info@hortamuseum.be
Curator & archives : b.zurstrassen@hortamuseum.be
Library : christophe@hortamuseum.be
Hortanima, iconography : thierrymondelaers@hortamuseum.be

The Museum, the first Art Nouveau ‘listed’ building in the Brussels Région (1963), opened to the public in 1969. It is a World Heritage Site and won the Belgian Museum Prize in 2012.

Photography is forbidden. The copyright off Horta’s works is managed by SOFAM.

The Museum is supported by the Commune of Saint-Gilles, the Région of Bruxelles-Capitale (Department of Monuments and Sites), the French Community of Belgium, the King Baudouin Foundation, and the Fonds de restauration du patrimonie mobilier ING in Belgium, managed by Roberto Polo of the King Baudouin Foundation. 

 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards