Museums

Arentshuis € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
In this elegant 18th-century town house with its picturesque garden the work of the versatile British artist Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) is on display on the top floor. Brangwyn's talent as an architect, painter and designer of glassware, furniture and jewellery is breathtaking. The ground floor is the setting for temporary plastic art exhibitions.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Dijver 16, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Archeology € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This museum presents the unwritten history of Bruges. Its motto: feel your past beneath your feet. Discover the history of the city through different kinds of search and hands-on activities. A fascinating mix of archeological finds, riddles, replicas and reconstructions shed light on daily life in times gone by, from the home to the workplace and from birth till death.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES >1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Mariastraat 36a, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Belfry € 8,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This most important of Bruges' towers stands 83 metres tall. It houses a treasure-chamber, an impressive clock mechanism and a carillon with 47 silver-toned bells. Your reward after a climb up the tower's 366 stairs is a breathtaking and unforgettable panoramic view of Bruges and her surroundings.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.15 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12. Closed until the end of March 2012 due to renovation. LOCATION >Markt, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Museum Liberty of Bruges € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
From this mansion, erected between 1722 and 1727, Bruges' rural surroundings were governed. The building functioned as a court of justice between 1795 and 1984. Today the city archives are stored here. They safeguard Bruges' written memory. The premises also boast an old assize court and a renaissance hall with a monumental 16th-century timber, marble and alabaster mantelpiece.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 12.00 p.m and 4.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Burg 11a, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Gentpoort € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The Gentpoort (Ghent Gate) is one of four medieval Bruges city gates which have survived. For foreigners it was the entrance to the city, for inhabitants it was a border with the outside world. Its architecture shows the defensive function the gate had. Imports and exports also passed through these gates.		OPENING TIMES > Thursday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Gentpoortstraat, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Gezelle € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The literary and biographical museum of Guido Gezelle (1830-1899) is incorporated in the house where the famous Flemish poet was born. Gezelle's birthplace in a quiet working-class district displays handwritten letters and writing paraphernalia.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Rolweg 64, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Gruuthuse € 6,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The opulent palace of the lords of Gruuthuse include splendid tapestries, a unique prayer chapel, a five-centuriesold kitchen and a collection of objects illustrating daily life between the 15th and the 19th century, from everyday kitchen ware to superb silverware.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Dijver 17, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Koelewei mill € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
Windmills have graced Bruges' ramparts ever since the construction of the outer city wall at the end of the 13th century. Today four specimen are left on Kruisvest. Saint John's House Mill (1770) is still in its original spot and still grinding grain just like its neighbour the Koelewei Mill.		OPENING TIMES > July and August: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets 12.00 p.m and 4.30 p.m. LOCATION > Kruisvest, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Welcome Church of Our Lady € 4,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The 122 metres high brick tower of the Welcome Church of Our Lady is a perfect illustration of the craftsmanship of Bruges' artisans. The church displays a valuable art collection: Michelangelo's world-famous Madonna and Child, countless paintings, 13th-century painted sepulchres and the tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold.		OPENING TIMES > Church and Museum: Monday to Saturday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m. (last tickets 4.30 p.m.); Sunday and Holy Days: 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m (last tickets 4.30 p.m.). The church and the museum are not open to the public during nuptial and funeral masses. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > Museum: 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Mariastraat, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Sint-Janshuis mill € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
Windmills have graced Bruges' ramparts ever since the construction of the outer city wall at the end of the 13th century. Today four specimen are left on Kruisvest. Saint John's House Mill (1770) is still in its original spot and still grinding grain just like its neighbour the Koelewei Mill.		OPENING TIMES > May-August: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. (Open on Whit Monday); September: Saturday and Sunday, 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 17/5 (afternoon) LOCATION > Kruisvest, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - City Hall € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
Bruges' City Hall (1376) is one of the oldest in the Netherlands. It is from here that the city has been governed for more than 600 years. An absolute masterpiece is the Gothic Hall with its late 19th-century murals and polychrome vault. The adjoining historic hall calls up the city council's history with a number of authentic documents and works of art. A multimedial exhibition on the ground floor illustrates the evolution of the Burg square.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Burg 12, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Bruggemuseum - Folklore museum € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
These restored 17th century single-room dwellings accommodate a.o. a classroom, a millinery, a pharmacy, a confectionery, a grocery and an authentic bedroom. Conclude your visit with a pleasant stroll in the garden and a thirst quenching drink at De Zwarte Kat, the museum's tavern.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Balstraat 43, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Choco-Story / Chocolate Museum € 7,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The museum dips its visitors in the history of cocoa and chocolate. From the Maya and the Spanish conquistadores to the chocolate connoisseurs of today. A chocolate hunt gives children the chance to discover the museum. Chocolates are made by hand and sampled on the premises.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.15 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 9/1-20/1, 24, 25 and 31/12 LOCATION > Wijnzakstraat 2, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.choco-story.be

Dalí Xpo-Gallery € 10,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
Admire the fantastic collection of world-famous graphic art, sculptures and drawings by the renowned Salvador Dalí inside the Belfry. All works are originals without a fault, authenticated by the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí. The collection is presented in a sensational Daliesque decor of mirrors and gold, motherof-pearl and shocking pink.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12 LOCATION > Markt 7, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.dali-interart.be

Diamond Museum + Diamond Cutting Demonstration € 10,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This museum illustrates the history of Bruges as the oldest diamond centre in Europe. Today, diamond remains one of Belgium's most important export products. The daily demonstration of diamond cutting is a sparkling affair.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. The daily diamond cutting demonstrations start at 12.15 p.m. and 1.15 p.m. during weekends and daily in May, July and August. On weekdays during the other months only at 12.15 p.m. (Your presence is required 15 minutes in advance.) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 2/1-13/1, 24/12 and 25/12 LOCATION > Katelijnestraat 43, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.diamondmuseum.be

Expo Picasso € 8,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
An der historischen Stätte Oud Sint-Jan finden Sie eine ständige Ausstellung mit über 120 originalen Werken von Pablo Picasso. Bewundern Sie die Graphiken und außergewöhnlichen Illustrationen, aber auch die Zeichnungen und Keramiken des berühmten Künstlers. Die Ausstellung gewährt einen Überblick über die Evolution des Werks von Picasso: Von der spanischen Periode über den Kubismus bis zum Surrealismus. Außerdem entdecken Sie Werke von befreundeten Künstlern wie Matisse, Miró, Braque, Rodin, Chagall und Ensor.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m., except Tuesday. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > January LOCATION > Site Oud Sint-Jan, Mariastraat 38 WEBSITE > www.expo-brugge.be

Belgian fries museum € 6,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This didactic museum sketches the history of the potato, belgian fries and the various sauces and dressings that accompany this most delicious and most famous of Belgian comestibles. The museum is housed in Saaihalle, one of Bruges' most attractive buildings.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.15 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 9/1-20/1, 24, 25 and 31/12 LOCATION > Vlamingstraat 33, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.frietmuseum.be

Groeninge Museum € 8,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The Groeninge Museum offers a varied overview of the history of Belgian plastic arts. Although the Flemish Primitives are a high point, you will also marvel at top 18th and 19th- century neoclassical pieces, masterpieces from Flemish Expressionism and postwar modern art.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; tickets till 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Dijver 12, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Lumina Domestica / Lamp museum € 6,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The museum contains the world's largest collection of lamps and lights. More than 6.000 antiques tell the complete story of interior lighting. From torch and paraffin lamp to light bulb and LED.		OPENING TIMES > Daily: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.15 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 9/1-20/1, 24, 25 and 31/12 LOCATION > Wijnzakstraat 2, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.luminadomestica.be

Memling in Sint-Jan - Hospitaalmuseum € 8,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
Saint John's Hospital has an eight-hundred year old history of caring for pilgrims, travellers and the sick. Visit the medieval wards where the nuns and monks did their work of mercy and marvel at the impressive collection of archives, art works, medical instruments and six paintings by Hans Memling. Also worth a visit: the Diksmuide attic, the old dormitory, the custodian's room and the adjoining pharmacy.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. The pharmacy is open from Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-11.45 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Mariastraat 38, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Our Lady of the Pottery - Hospitaalmuseum € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This hospital dates back to the 13th century, when nuns took on the care of pilgrims, travellers and the sick. Over the centuries the hospital developed into a modern home for the elderly. The hospital wards with their valuable collection of works of art, monastic and religious relics and a range of objects used in nursing have been converted into a museum. The Gothic church with its baroque interior can also be visited.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets: 12.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Potterierei 79, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.brugge.be/musea

Sound Factory € 6,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The Sound Factory is an interactive seedbed for sound art and creativity, an auditory voyage of discovery spread over the Lantern Tower’s fifth floor and roof terrace. Experimenting, experiencing and composing, everything is – literally – at your fingertips: from bronze carillon bells to digital sound labs, from beats and samples to ethereal sound frequencies. The Sound Factory offers a mix of installations, with which you can create your own sounds: not hackneyed old pop tunes, but your very own intriguing - and quite possibly irritating - creations.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; last tickets 4.30 p.m. (Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES >1/1, 17/5 (afternoon) and 25/12 LOCATION > Concertgebouw, 't Zand, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.sound-factory.be

Museumshop Diamantmuseum 10% | Discount with the Brugge City Card

Museumshop Musea Brugge 20% | Discount with the Brugge City Card

Places of interest

Museum of the Basilica of the Holy Blood € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
This double chapel consists of the Romanesque church of Saint Basil (1139-1149) on the ground floor and the Basilica on the first floor, rebuilt in Gothic revival style in the 19th century. The Relic of the Holy Blood is kept in the Basilica.		OPENING TIMES > 15 October-31 March: 10.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; 1 April-14 October: 9.30 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 15 October- 31 March: Wednesday afternoon LOCATION > Burg 13, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.holyblood.org

Beguine's house € 2,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The 'Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde' with its whitewashed housefronts, tranquil convent garden and beguinage museum was founded in 1245. Today the nuns of the Order of Saint Benedict inhabit the site. The Beguinage entrance gate closes without fail at 6.30 p.m.		OPENING TIMES > Beguinage: daily 6.30 a.m.-6.30 p.m.; Beguine's house: Monday to Saturday, 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m., Sunday 2.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m. LOCATION > Begijnhof 24-28-30, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.monasteria.org

Brewery De Halve Maan € 6,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
De Halve Maan (1546) is the city's last working brewery. Their house brew is Brugse Zot, a spirited top-fermented beer made from malt, hops and special yeast. This deliciously refreshing beer can be tasted on the premises. A guided tour of the brewery can be arranged.. guided tour + tasting		OPENING TIMES > April-October: daily 11.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. (Saturday till 5.00 p.m.), guided tours every hour; November-March: weekdays 11.00 a.m. & 3.00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m., guided tours every hour ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 9/1-13/1, 16/1-20/1, 23/1-27/1, 24/12 and 25/12 LOCATION > Walplein 26, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.halvemaan.be

Lace Centre € 3,00 | Free entrance with the Brugge City Card
The Lace Centre is housed in 15th-century almshouses funded by the Adornes family, who also built the Jerusalem Chapel. Lace demonstrations are regularly given. The shop sells all kinds of lace paraphernalia.		OPENING TIMES > Monday to Saturday: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, 25/12 and public holidays LOCATION > Peperstraat 3a, Brugge [+] WEBSITE > www.kantcentrum.eu

Attractions around Bruges

Boudewijn Seapark € 24,00 > € 15,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
You will enjoy splashing adventures in this theme park! You will meet the playful dolphins and sea lions, admire the seals in their lagoon and gasp as one of the birds of prey swoops over your head during their show. Your children will love this super cool play paradise for sure. Unique in Belgium!		OPENING TIMES > July and August: daily 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; 31/3-15/4 and weekends in April: 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; May and June: daily (except Wednesday) 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; September: Wednesday: 11.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. LOCATION > A. De Baeckestraat 12, St.-Michiels [+] WEBSITE > www.boudewijnseapark.be

Sea Life Marine Park € 16,50 > € 8,25 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
Welcome to the magical underwater world! Here, you will discover the many magnificent animals that live deep in the sea. Freshwater rivers or dark oceans, soon, they will no longer hold any mysteries for you!		OPENING TIMES > Daily from 10.00 a.m. Closing times may vary. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 (morning) and 25/12 LOCATION > Koning Albert I-laan 116, Blankenberge [+] WEBSITE > www.sealife.be

Seafront € 10,50 > € 7,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
What does an international seaport like this look like and how does a fish market on the docks operate? Seafront has an answer to all your questions. Old fishermen will tell you about their hard life at sea and in the Russian submarine you will gasp for breath. Children can play to their heart's content in the Pirates-Play-Paradise.		OPENING TIMES > Daily 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; July and August 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12, annual closure check website LOCATION > Vismijnstraat 7, Zeebrugge [+] WEBSITE > www.seafront.be

Museums around Bruges

Canada-Poland War Museum € 5,00 > € 4,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
This exceptional museum, unique in Europe, offers you a glimpse into WWII as it was experienced here. The many realistic tableaus give you a sense of what it must have been like to live through the mobilisation, occupation and liberation, almost as if you were there yourself. An impressive panorama breathes new life into the Battle of the Leopold Canal.		OPENING TIMES > April to September: Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; October to March: Wednesday to Sunday, 12.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1, annual closure: second week of October LOCATION > Heulendonk 21, Adegem [+] WEBSITE > www.canadamuseum.be

Tour of Flanders Centre € 5,00 > € 4,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
This multifunctional visitor centre is also multitalented: it is both a hands-on museum and an exhibition space, a film auditorium and a museum shop, and there is naturally a bicycle-themed brasserie as well. Plenty of multimedia techniques turn you into a protagonist in the legendary Tour of Flanders. Extensive information is provided at the counter, and if you've returned exhausted from a bike tour, then a nice, hot shower awaits you!		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 25/12 and in January LOCATION > Markt 43, Oudenaarde [+] WEBSITE > www.crvv.be

In Flanders Fields Museum € 8,00 > € 5,50 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
"Den Grooten Oorlog" (The Great War) is the main theme of this interactive museum which transports you to the frontline and will leave a long-lasting impression. Thousands of eyewitnesses give their account, you are sent into the trenches and will experience firsthand how every last centimetre is fought over.		OPENING TIMES > 1/4 -15/11: daily 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; 16/11 to 31/3: Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m.; last tickets 1 hour before closing time ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > Due to renovation and extension work: closed from 1/1-30/5.geschlossen. LOCATION > Grote Markt 34, Ieper [+] WEBSITE > www.inflandersfields.be

Wijnendale Castle € 8,00 > € 5,50 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
A superb moated castle in the Torhout woods. Hours of walking pleasure guaranteed. There is more: at the castle museum the visitor makes a voyage through a thousand-year-old history by means of contemporary presentations, touchscreens and a portable video guide. Witness for example Mary of Burgundy's fall from her horse and watch how King Leopold III of the Belgians surrenders to the Germans on 28 May 1940. And why don't you drop in on the former porter's lodge? It now houses a visitor's centre where you can find everything you always wanted to know about Torhout, the Bruges wet- and woodlands, regional products, rambles, bicycle tours and so on and so forth.		OPENING TIMES > 1/4-30/9: 1.30 p.m.-5.30 p.m. April, May, June: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday; July and August: daily, public holidays included; September: Wednesday and Sunday ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > April to August: first Saturday of the month LOCATION > Oostendestraat 390, Torhout [+] WEBSITE > www.toerismetorhout.be

Mu.Zee 25% | Discount with the Brugge City Card
From Léon Spilliaert and Félicien Rops to James Ensor and Marcel Broodthaers to and including Pierre Alechinsky, Roger Raveel, Panamarenko and Luc Tuymans. Mu.ZEE is the place which brings together Belgian art from 1830 to date under one roof.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12 LOCATION > Romestraat 11, Oostende [+] WEBSITE > www.muzee.be

Mu.Zee / Ensorhouse € 2,00 > € 1,50 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
Oostende is your destination if you want to wander through the mind of James Ensor (1860-1949). This house was indeed the operating base of the world-famous painter from 1917 onwards. This is where he lived and worked. His aunt and uncle's shell and souvenir shop on the ground floor has been carefully reconstructed, while the first floor serves as a documentation centre. The second floor displays the artist's salon studio. This space is so moving that you immediately forget that you're looking at reproductions rather than original works.		OPENING TIMES > Wednesday to Monday: 10.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12 LOCATION > Vlaanderenstraat 27, Oostende [+] WEBSITE > www.muzee.be

Mu.Zee / Permeke Museum € 3,00 > € 2,25 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
Virtually the complete œuvre of Constant Permeke, the pivotal figure of the Flemish expressionist movement, can be admired in the house and atelier of the master himself. To experience art in the place where it was created, what a unique experience.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 a.m.-12.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. (till 5.30 p.m. from 1/10 to 31/3) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12 LOCATION > Gistelsesteenweg 341, Jabbeke [+] WEBSITE > www.muzee.be

Torhout Pottery Museum € 1,50 > € 1,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
Pottery from Torhout used to be exported throughout the Western world until the Second World War. Unique pottery creations from the 16th to the 20th century highlight the rich tradition of this almost lost artistic craft. A splendid illustration of typical Flemish folk art influenced by a.o. Art Deco and Art Nouveau.		OPENING TIMES > Monday to Friday: 9.00 a.m-12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m., open from 15/6 to 15/9 during the weekends and on holidays. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 15/9-15/6: Monday morning; annual closure: 20/12-3/1 LOCATION > Ravenhofstraat 5, Torhout [+] WEBSITE > www.toerismetorhout.be

Roman Archeological Museum € 5,00 > € 3,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
After years of trudging through mud, painstaking excavations and studies, Oudenburg today possesses a unique collection of archaeological artefacts from Roman times. The good news is that the visitor can pore over them at the modernised museum. The reconstructions, scale-models, archaeological finds and computer simulations enable you to get to grips with the region's rich Roman history in a professional way. The adjacent visitor centre brings you also up to date with the Abbey of Saint Peter's, Saint Arnold and the other attractions of this region.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00 a.m.-12.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.-5.30 p.m., Sunday 2.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > Annual closure: 1/11-31/3 LOCATION > Weststraat 24, Oudenburg [+]

Saint-John's Hospital € 1,50 > € 1,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
In this 13th century hospital, poor sick people and transients were cared for. The large ward from those days now houses some 500 museum pieces, ranging from Gothic furniture and exceptional silverware to simple household goods.		OPENING TIMES > Easter to 30/9: 11.00a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > Monday morning and Friday morning, annual closure from 1/10 to 31/3 LOCATION > Kerkstraat 33, Damme [+] WEBSITE > www.ocmw-damme.be

Talbot House € 8,00 > € 5,00 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
You can find Poperinge just behind the frontline of Ypres. During WWI, 'Talbot House' was set up here as a retreat for exhausted frontline soldiers, irrespective of rank or status. To hundreds of thousands of soldiers, this became 'home from home', an oasis of tranquillity where they could find a little bit of warmth, peace and quietfor a short while.		OPENING TIMES > Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. (last entry 4.30 p.m.); 16/11-14/2: Tuesday to Sunday: 1.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. (last entry 4.00 p.m.) ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 23/12-10/1 LOCATION > Gasthuisstraat 43, Poperinge [+] WEBSITE > www.talbothouse.be

Uilenspiegelmuseum € 2,50 > € 1,50 | Discount with the Brugge City Card
Would you like to find out more about the tricks and pranks of Tyl Uilenspiegel? Then hurry on down to Damme and find out how this fictional Flemish rascal and his companions Nele and Lamme Goedzak regularly caused mayhem!		OPENING TIMES > 16/4-15/10: weekdays 9.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.; 16/10-15/4: weekdays 9.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATES > 1/1 and 25/12 LOCATION > Jacob van Maerlantstraat 3, Damme [+] WEBSITE > www.toerismedamme.be