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Website
  
www.kmkg-mrah.be

Phone
  
+32 2 741 73 31

Cinquantenaire Museum

Location
  
Cinquantenaire Park 10 Brussels B-1000 Belgium

Type
  
Art, Ethnology and History museum

Address
  
Parc du Cinquantenaire, 10, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Hours
  
Closed now Saturday10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday9:30AM–5PMWednesday9:30AM–5PMThursday9:30AM–5PMFriday9:30AM–5PM

Public transit access
  
Schuman railway station, Merode station

Similar
  
Cinquantenaire, Temple of Human Passions, Royal Museum of the Arme, Royal Museums of Fine Ar, Halle Gate

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The Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire, Dutch: Jubelpark museum) is located in the Jubelpark(Cinquantenaire park) in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums for Art and History, which is a Belgian federal institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO). It is one of the largest museums in Europe.

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Collection

The collection of the museum is divided into four parts:

National archaeology

Large collection which dates between prehistory to the Merovingian period (751 AD) Collection of antiquity

Ancient Near East

Collection houses the Egypt, Greece and Rome. Many important and impressive remains from Apamea, Syria, including part of the Great Colonnade and outstanding mosaic floors are on view. The Roman collection also includes a large scale model of the city of Rome during the 4th century AD.

Non-European civilisations

Important collections of artefacts from Asian countries, such as China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Americas (showing pre-Columbian civilisations and contemporary societies) and Oceania (particularly Easter Island) and the Islamic world.

European decorative arts

Fine arts from the Middle Ages to the 20th century showing

  • sculptures,
  • furniture,
  • Important and large department of textiles,
  • Flemisch tapestries
  • costumes and dress,
  • Needle lace and Bobbin lace, parts from the royal collection.
  • ceramics,
  • metals
  • glassware,
  • Horse-drawn vehicles,
  • photographic and cinematographic equipment
  • References

    Cinquantenaire Museum Wikipedia