Musée René Magritte & Musée d'Art Abstrait

Om museet

The museum occupies the house in Jette where René Magritte and his wife Georgette lived from 1930 to 1954, longer than anywhere else in his adult life. He painted about half of his oeuvre there, set up a studio and a small advertising agency, Studio Dongo, and the house was also a meeting place for Belgian Surrealists. The building dates from 1925.

In 1992 the art enthusiast André Garitte rediscovered the house, and the idea of turning it into a museum was born the following year. After more than six years of work, the apartment was returned to its original state and the floors were fitted out for a biographical exhibition. The René Magritte Museum opened its doors on 5 June 1999.

The collection offers an intimate portrait of the artist, with archives, objects, around twenty original works (gouaches, drawings and two oil paintings) and about ten advertising works, as well as works by other Surrealists such as ELT Mesens, Marcel Mariën, Paul Delvaux, Jane Graverol, Félix Labisse and Rachel Baes. The visit ends in Magritte's apartment, restored with its original furniture.

In 2019 a Museum of Abstract Art opened in the same complex. It presents more than 200 works, mainly by Belgian artists, and brings Surrealism and abstraction into dialogue: the second floor links the two museums.

Højdepunkter

• Magritte's apartment, restored with its original furniture
• Archives, objects, gouaches, drawings and the artist's advertising works
• Works by other Belgian Surrealists such as Mesens, Delvaux and Graverol
• Museum of Abstract Art: more than 200 works, mainly by Belgian artists
• Guided tour included in the ticket on the last Wednesday of the month

Permanente udstillinger

• Musée René Magritte – Biographical exhibition across three floors with archives, objects, gouaches and original drawings, plus the restored apartment where Magritte lived.
• Musée d'Art Abstrait – More than 200 paintings, sculptures and drawings, mainly by Belgian artists, showing the currents of lyrical and geometric abstraction in the 20th century.

Grundlagt

1999

Ejer

René Magritte Museum

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission with the Brussels Card and the museumPASSmusées (the pass can be bought at reception). Free for journalists, by appointment only or after contacting the communications department. The ICOM card is not accepted.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museums are housed in listed buildings and are not accessible to people with reduced mobility or to pushchairs.

Børn og familie

• Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke

Pushchairs are not admitted into the building.

Transport & parkering

The museum occupies a group of listed houses on rue Esseghem in Jette.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe

A bookshop is listed on the website. For security and conservation reasons, all bags must be stored in the lockers.

Arrangementer & udlejning

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

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