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Anderlecht Convent
Town: Brussels Address: Rue du Chapelain 8 Phone: +32 2 521 13 E283	Price: 1 - 1 EUR
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00 -17:00
The Anderlecht Convent Museum contains a valuable collection of popular art and religious history. The entrance of Anderlecht's Beguine convent permits visitors into an intimate place which once offered rooms to only eight Beguines. Erected in 1252, the edifice is overlooking an internal courtyard closed by two ranges of houses and a well.
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Antoine Wiertz Museum
Town: Brussels Address: Rue Vautier 62 Phone: +32 2 648 17 18	Price: 2 - 5 EUR
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00 -17:00
The Antoine Wiertz Museum features paintings, drawings and sculptures by Antoine Wiertz (1806 – 1865). Erected in the height of the Léopold area, the Wiertz Museum is devoted to the most important name of the Belgian Romantic Movement. The artist's studio retains its unique atmosphere and contains some of his paintings, drawings and sculptures revealing the influence of great masters, such as Rubens, Michelangelo and Raphaël. Apart from monumental paintings, the interiors are packed with multiple small sketches, spanning varied topics and revealing the artist's visionary claims.

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Archives and French Literature Museum
Town: Brussels Address: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Boulevard de l'Empereur 4 Phone: +32 2 519 55 79

The Archives and French Literature Museum comprises four sections devoted to archives of the history of Belgian literature, spanning poetry, foreign literature, drama and audiovisual arts. The museum's section of Belgian letters features more than 7,000 archive files and some 15,000 books.
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Archives and Museum of Flemisch Life in Brussels
Town: Brussels Address: Quai aux Pierres de Taille 28 Phone: +32 2 512 42 81

The Archives and Museum of Flemisch Life in Brussels (AMFLB) houses a collection relating to Flemish life in Brussels, which is showcased via an array of posters, letters, books, brochures, annual reports, printed photographs, documents, printing plates, pictures, slides, written testimonies, newspapers, songs, menus, reports, programs, invitations, projects and flags. AMFLB's aim is to introduce Flemish culture in Brussels throught temporary exhibitions.

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Autoworld Brussels
Town: Brussels Address: Parc du Cinquantenaire 11 Phone: +32 2 736 41 65 e-mail: info@autoworld.be	Price: 3 - 6 EUR

Autoworld Brussels showcases a 100-year history of automobiles with more than 400 vehicles, displayed in five expositions. The steel construction of the former Palais Mondial, an early 20th-century edifice by architect Gédéon Bordiau, contains vast ensembles of various models, featuring animal-drawn, steam or electric traction and gas powered automobiles.
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Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art
Town: Brussels Address: Rue des Sables 20 Phone: +32 2 219 19 80 e-mail: visit@cbbd.be	Price: 3 - 7 EUR
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00 -18:00
The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art enjoys an Art Nouveau home designed in the early 20th Century by architect Victor Horta. The building's ground floor is dedicated to both the architect and his time, the late 19th and early 20th Century, a period also coinciding with the first attempts at comic strip drawing. The site's 4,000sq m of exhibition space provides a comprehensive overview of the history of comics, from their origins to the present day. The temporary exhibitions are devoted to a particular artist, trend and topic, or to one of the comic heroes found on the first floor.

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Belgian Lift Museum
Town: Brussels Address: Rue de la Source 15 Phone: +32 2 535 82 11

The Belgian Lift Museum contains antique lift material, cages, machines, electromechanics and all kinds of additional paraphernalia. The purpose of this relatively small museum, particularly the room of the Schindlers' company, is to present the evolution in lift technology.

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Belgian Museum of Freemasonry
Town: Brussels Address: Rue de Laeken 79 Phone: +32 2 223 06 04

The Belgian Museum of Freemasonry offers an historical and thematic view of Freemasonry in Europe. The permanent displays of the museum gather decorations, jewellery, china and books from the 18th Century to the present day, and usually of highly symbolic character.

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