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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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