Comic Art Museum
The Comic Art Museum in Brussels honors creators and heroes of the 9th Art, featuring permanent and temporary exhibitions in an Art Nouveau building by Victor Horta.
Planning your visit
Belgium invented a disproportionate share of European comics — Tintin, the Smurfs, Lucky Luke, Spirou, Blake and Mortimer — and produced the clear-line style that shaped the medium across the continent. The Comic Art Museum exists because of that.
The building is as significant as the collection: Victor Horta designed it in 1906 as the Waucquez textile department store, and it is among the finest surviving Art Nouveau interiors anywhere, with a glass-roofed hall, iron staircase and the flowing whiplash ironwork Horta made his own. It stood derelict and faced demolition before being restored for the museum in 1989.
Inside, permanent galleries cover the history and technique of comics — original boards, sketches, printing plates — with a substantial Herge section and rotating exhibitions on individual artists.
Brussels also has a comic mural trail through the city centre.
Bookable options are entrance tickets. Current availability is shown below.
Before you book
Where is Comic Art Museum?
Comic Art Museum is in Brussels, Belgium. The map on this page marks its exact location.
Do I need to book Comic Art Museum in advance?
Tickets can be bought on the door at quiet times, but booking ahead fixes the date and avoids the queue at busy ones. Live availability is shown on this page.
