musea
Sixteen locations
One of the great charms of the museum collection of the City of Bruges is its splendid diversity: from the Flemish Primitives to contemporary art, from classic ‘fine arts’ to archaeological finds, furniture, silver, folklore… In short, something for everyone!
> Artistic works from the 15th to 21st century are grouped in the Groeninge Museum and the Arentshuis.
> The Bruggemuseum (Bruges Museum) is a general title encompassing all the different historical museums: Gruuthuse, Onthaalkerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (Welcome Church of Our Lady), Archeologie (Archaeological Museum), Gentpoort, Belfort (Belfry), Stadhuis (Town Hall), Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges), Volkskunde (Folklore), Molens (Mills: Sint-Janshuis Mill and Koelewei Mill), Gezelle and Lantaarntoren. Here you can find a veritable treasure trove of art works and each collection tells the history of Bruges from a different point of view.
> Hospitaalmuseum is the collective name for two historical hospitals: the 8 century old Saint John's Hospital, which is now known as Memling in Sint-Jan museum and O.L.V.-ter-Potterie (Our Lady of the Potteries). Memling in Sint-Jan is famous for its collection of paintings by the great master of the Flemish Primitives, Hans Memling, while O.L.V-ter-Potterie is better known for its Baroque church and its outstanding silverwork.
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Musea Brugge is the umbrella organization for 16 museums with diverse collections. The locations are subdivided into three groups: the GROENINGE Museum (Artistic Works), the HOSPITAALMUSEUM (historical hospitals with among others the Memling collection) and the BRUGGEMUSEUM (historical museums). Every year, almost 800,000 local and foreign guests visit one or more museums of the City of Bruges.
Musea Brugge is also responsible for Raakvlak (the intermunicipal archaeological service for Bruges and surrounding area) and for the Bruges cultural inheritance department.