Which museums are open today in Bruges?
Today's museums come first, then the rest of the week. Many museums close on Monday, so check the day below.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
Monday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.
Closed this day: Groeningemuseum, St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling), Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum), BRUSK, Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)
Tuesday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.
Closed this day: Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum), Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)
Wednesday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.
Closed this day: Gruuthuse Museum, Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)
Thursday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.
Closed this day: Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)
Friday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.
Closed this day: Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)
Saturday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €11
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Lace Centre (Kantcentrum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Museum and workshop in the Jerusalem almshouses where lacemakers demonstrate the bobbin craft every afternoon. - Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry. - Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €3
The aldermen’s chamber on the Burg with an oak-and-marble Renaissance chimneypiece honouring Emperor Charles V.
Sunday Today
- Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €16
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings. - Groeningemuseum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €15
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter. - Gruuthuse Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory. - St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling) · Museum Quarter · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €15
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy. - Frietmuseum (Fries Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €12
Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish. - Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story. - Diamond Museum · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · €15
Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration. - Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €8
Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school. - BRUSK · Museum Quarter · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €20
Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum. - Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10
More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry. - Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges) · Markt & Burg · 🕗 09:30–17:00 · €3
The aldermen’s chamber on the Burg with an oak-and-marble Renaissance chimneypiece honouring Emperor Charles V.
Closed this day: Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain), Lace Centre (Kantcentrum)
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