The building in which this magnificent museum is located was designed in the year 1930 by Joseph Vierin.
The museum offers rich collections of works of Belgian artists. What attracts a lot of visitors is undoubtedly the world-famous collection of Flemish primitives, such as: Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes, or Gerard David.
There are also paintings by Renaissance and Baroque artists, a dozen works from neoclassical times and realism, the most important works of symbolists and modernists, outstanding works of Flemish expressionists such as Permeke, De Smet, Van den Berhge, Brusselmans or Tygat, and a wide selection of modern art (after 1945 year).
The museum offers rich collections of works of Belgian artists. What attracts a lot of visitors is undoubtedly the world-famous collection of Flemish primitives, such as: Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes, or Gerard David.
There are also paintings by Renaissance and Baroque artists, a dozen works from neoclassical times and realism, the most important works of symbolists and modernists, outstanding works of Flemish expressionists such as Permeke, De Smet, Van den Berhge, Brusselmans or Tygat, and a wide selection of modern art (after 1945 year).