Established | 2009 |
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Location | Place Royale / Koningsplein 1, 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′31″N 4°21′31″E / 50.84194°N 4.35861°E |
Type | Art museum |
Public transit access |
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Website | Official website |
The Magritte Museum (French: Musée Magritte; Dutch: Magritte Museum) is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the work of the Belgian surrealist artist, René Magritte. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The museum is housed in the Hôtel du Lotto, an 18th-century neoclassical hôtel particulier (townhouse) on the Place Royale/Koningsplein, across the street from the Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) and not far from the Royal Palace of Brussels. This site is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6).