Musée d'Art spontané
Small museum in Schaerbeek devoted to outsider art (art brut) and naïve art by self-taught artists, with a living collection and digital media.
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About the museum
The Musée d’Art spontané is a small, atypical museum in Schaerbeek, opposite the Halles de Schaerbeek. Through solo exhibitions, group shows, retrospectives and publications, it presents the forms of expression of self-taught artists from naïve art and art brut.
The permanent collection, both cosmopolitan and distinctive, brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs. Its works are often spontaneous, sometimes made without artistic training or any explicit intention of creating art, by people from very diverse backgrounds: workers, librarians, information specialists, care assistants, lawyers. The reserves hold more than 1,700 works by some 300 artists working outside the academic circuit.
After a period of transition, the museum has reopened with the ambition of moving from a collection that is kept to a living collection. It aims to be a social and digital laboratory: podcasts, video clips, video games and immersive displays make the works accessible and invite every visitor to take part. The museum welcomes many schools and is a member of the Brussels Museums federation and the museumPASSmusées network.
Highlights
- Art brut and naïve art collection: over 1,700 works by some 300 artists
- “Connexions spontanées” exhibition on ten emblematic artists from the collection
- Connected mediation: podcasts, videos and video games
- Free on the first Sunday of each month, with family activities
Permanent exhibition
- Connexions spontanées : regards sur la collection – Immersive route around ten emblematic artists from the art brut and naïve art collection, with videos and podcasts.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €2Under 25s, students, seniors and groups (more than 10 people) |
| Children & teens | €2free up to age 11 · Free for children under 12. |
| Seniors | €2 |
| Students & apprentices | €2 |
| Groups (11+ people) | €2 per personGroups of more than 10 people; the group’s accompanying adult enters free. |
Free admission: The first Sunday of each month
Free entry for children under 12, with the museumPASSmusées, for the group’s accompanying adults, and on the first Sunday of each month.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum indicates access for people with reduced mobility and for people with disabilities. According to Brussels Museums, wheelchair access is possible with assistance; devices are also offered to deaf or hard-of-hearing visitors, with assistance. Assistance dogs are admitted.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 11 |
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- Family tours & workshops
On the first Sunday of each month, free entry from 13:00 to 18:00, with family activities (workshops, games).
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Robiano
Metro lines 2 and 6 (Botanique station); trams 25, 62, 92 (Robiano stop) and 93 (Sainte-Marie stop); buses 65 and 66 (Robiano stop).
Amenities & dining
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours and activities for adult groups, school groups and associations, by appointment only. Podcasts and videos are integrated into the route. |
