museum · exhibition
Magritte Museum — permanent collection
Magritte Museum, Brussels · €10 · €8 reduced · free under-18
Over 230 works by the Belgian surrealist — oils, gouaches, drawings, photographs and sound recordings — laid out chronologically across three floors. A must for any first visit to Brussels; free entry for under-18s and on the first Wednesday of each month from 13:00.
Why go
Step off Place Royale into three floors of bowler hats, blue skies, pipes and visual traps, where Belgium’s best-known surrealist turns a calm museum visit into a slow double-take.
What to expect
More than 230 works and archive items, from paintings and gouaches to photos, films and sound materialA chronological route across three floors, useful even if you only know the pipe and the bowler hatCentral Royal Quarter setting beside the wider Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumFree entry for under-18s; permanent collections are free on first Wednesdays from 13:00