Location Brussels, Belgium Completed 1901 Type Cultural Architectural style Art Nouveau | Construction started 1898 Client Victor Horta Opened 1901 Architect Victor Horta | |
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Official name Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) Address Rue Américaine 25, 1060 Bruxelles, Belgium Hours Open today · 2–5:30PMWednesday2–5:30PMThursday2–5:30PMFriday2–5:30PMSaturday2–5:30PMSunday2–5:30PMMondayClosedTuesday2–5:30PM Similar Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Major Town Houses o, Hôtel van Eetvelde, Musical Instrument Museum | ||
Horta museum brussels belgium
The Horta Museum (French: Musée Horta, Dutch: Hortamuseum) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and atelier, Maison & Atelier Horta (1898), in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles. Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries as well as documents related to his life and time. The museum also organises temporary exhibitions on topics related to Horta and his art. The building is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the major town houses of Victor Horta in Brussels.
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The UNESCO commission recognized the Horta Museum as UNESCO World Heritage in 2000.
An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014 it won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.