Belgium · MUSEUM VISITS IN BRUGES
Good museum visits in Bruges fill up weeks ahead; the great ones go first. Below: the 12 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Choco-Story Brugge pairs an audio guide with free tastings and a live chocolate demo, telling 4,000 years of cocoa history in 90 minutes.
“Lovely tour learning about chocolate and even get lots of tasters. Great value for money”
Choco-Story in Bruges is a self-guided 90-minute chocolate museum with tastings and a live praline demo in a 15th-century building.
“I was under the impression that this would be a guided tour. The "guide" was a series of recorded presentations, mostly on the history of chocolate. Few samples. Not worth the price.”
Bruges chocolate workshop and Choco-Story museum entry. Make lollipops and mendiants, taste chocolate, then explore the history of chocolate.
“The chocolate making was great fun and well organised. I went with my husband and 18 year old daughter who has special needs and we were hands on drawing and making shapes with 3 different types of chocolate that we then got to take home. Would definitely recommend as an activity.”
72-hour Musea Brugge Card gives entry to 11 top Bruges museums and monuments, including Belfort and Church of Our Lady, for one price.
“Downloading the card to the Wallet was very convenient. There was the ability go straight in without buying a ticket. Most of the main attractions were covered by the card. The card made life so much easier for us.”
Skip the ticket line at Bruges’ Church of Our Lady Museum to see Michelangelo’s *Madonna and Child* and the tombs of Charles the Bold.
“Such a small fee to see the Madonna and Child. The church itself is gorgeous and has many elaborately painted statues and paintings. The hallway leading around to the Madonna is absolutely stunning. Caravaggios along the walls, gorgeous statues and alters. I highly recommend paying this little bit extra to experience the full exhibit.”
Bruges Beer Experience Museum with iPad Mini audio guide, interactive smell-and-taste rooms, market-square views, add-on beer tasting.
“tutto ottimo, soprattutto per la presenza di un'audioguida in italiano non così scontata in Belgio. Per il resto se nel reparto bar ci fosse una più ampia scelta di cibo sarebbe molto apprezzato da chi predilige bere a stomaco pieno”
Visit Salvador Dalí in Bruges’ Belfry. Admission to the Marquis de Púbol exhibit at Museum-Gallery Xpo, plus practical visit tips.
“Original sculptures and wood carved prints No paintings, a disappointment. I expected originals as a traveling exhibit.”
A one-day ticket to the Groeninge Museum in Bruges, spanning six centuries of Flemish art from the Primitives to Magritte.
“Es un timo tener que quedar a hora fija con una persona. Simplemente no fuimos. Lo normal sería mandar los tickets por mail o washap.”
Bruges St John’s Hospital Museum ticket, Memling art, medieval wards, and a 17th-century pharmacy in one day.
Visit Bruges Diamond Museum with an English mobile ticket, try the Interactive Diamond Lab, and watch a daily polishing demonstration.
“Zelf ontdekken en de stappen zetten is fantastisch. Heel interessant zeker voor tieners die interesse hebben in het proces.”
Diamond Museum Bruges ticket with the daily 12h15 polishing demo. See Boris the robot, learn Bruges diamond history, and view the Jumbo Diamond.
See restored Bruges interiors from the 19th and early 20th century, plus rotating exhibitions, folk games, and seasonal events.
The whole country, sorted by the kind of day you want.
