Charlier Museum
The Charlier Museum (French: Musée Charlier, Dutch: Charliermuseum) is a museum in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, exhibiting Belgian art of the end of the 19th century.[1] The museum is often used for concerts of classical music.[2]
 Entrance to the Charlier Museum | |
  Location within Brussels   Charlier Museum (Belgium) | |
| Coordinates | 50°50′51″N 4°22′11″E |
|---|---|
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | Official website |
History
The current museum building was bought by an art collector Henri Van Cutsem in 1890. Van Cutsem hired Victor Horta, a famous architect, to remodel and extend the building. The renovation in the Art Nouveau style was completed in 1893. In 1904, Van Cutsem died and left the house to a sculptor Guillaume Charlier, who died in 1925 and in his will requested that the house and the collection be opened as a public museum. The museum was opened in 1928.[3]
See also
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References
Notes
- "Charlier Museum" (in Dutch). Charlier Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- "Charlier Museum". Conseil bruxellois des Musées. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- Jacobs, Nathalie; Coerten, Dominique; De Salle, Jean; De Salle, Robin (2012). The Charlier Museum and Victor Horta. Archives d'Architecture Modern. ISBN 978-2871432647.
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