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Location | Rue de la Régence / Regentschapsstraat 3, 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′31″N 4°21′28″E / 50.84194°N 4.35778°E |
Type | Art museum |
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Website | Official website |
The Oldmasters Museum (French: Musée Oldmasters; Dutch: Oldmasters Museum) is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to Old master European painters from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The museum was founded in 1801 by Napoleon.[1] It was formerly called the Royal Museum of Ancient Art (French: Musée royal d'art ancien; Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Oude Kunst). It is housed in the main building of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts (Palace for Fine Arts) located at 3, rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat. This site is served by the tram stop Royale/Koning (on lines 92 and 93).[2][3]