Best places: Museums in Bruges, Belgium

Family-run brewery with guided tours, a museum showcasing old brewing techniques plus dining areas.

City hall built in 1376 with a grand Gothic interior, plus a museum dedicated to art & area history.

Ancient palace museum housing historic furniture, sculpture & tapestries, with an audio guide.

Extensive collections of Flemish primitive artworks, 18th & 19th-century works & modern pieces.

Museum where visitors learn about beer history, sample ingredients & taste brews of varied styles.

In a tranquil setting, daily life is recreated with objects from the 19th & early 20th centuries.

Works by Picasso, Miró, Chagall & other modern artists exhibited inside a stately former hospital.

Windmill grinding grain in its original location since 1770, open to visitors Jun–Sep.

👍 House and chapel of wealthy merchant from medieval times. Genovese who lived in Brugge and had affiliations with nobles, monarchs and popes of his time. Nice place to see. Lots of history behind this.

Fictional characters tell a story in medieval Bruges at this unique museum with audio guides.

Monumental 1700s courthouse featuring an opulent baroque facade & an elaborate mantelpiece inside.

Museum in a medieval hospital with an apothecary, medical tools & artwork by painter Hans Memling.

👍👍 We loved this place. The experience was so different, so unexpected, and that just meters away from the city center crowd. We spent hours in the museum. Everyone has personal digital speaker thingies that can be in different languages. I really enjoyed the free drink in the awesome backyard.

This exhibition center hosts a leading selection of art, culture & science exhibits.

Historic Gothic church with baroque decor, a famous statue & a hospital now serving as a museum.

Small museum with exhibits on the history of chocolate, plus demonstrations, samples & a gift shop.

👍 Mooie indrukwekkende kerk. We wilden de nieuwe grafkelders bekijken die net ontdekt zijn bij opgravingen maar die zijn nog niet zichtbaar. Wel andere grafkelders te zien.

👍 Poortersloge (The Burghers' Lodge) is a protected monument building at Jan van Eyck Square in Bruges. It is a beautiful building standing directly west of the Jan Van Eyck Statue and boasts a most impressive facade, well worth spending a few minutes to enjoy while spending time in this area of the c...

Collection of paintings, sculptures & other works by the namesake artist on display & for sale.

Museum on the history of diamonds & the Bruges diamond industry with a daily polishing show.