Horta Museum

The Horta Museum (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former town house and workshop (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 23–25, / in the municipality of Saint-Gilles.

Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries, as well as documents related to his life and time. The museum also organises temporary exhibitions on topics related to Horta and his art.

Together with three other town houses of Victor Horta, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences that Horta designed before 1900.

Awards

The UNESCO commission recognised the Horta Museum as UNESCO World Heritage in 2000, as part of the listing 'Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta': Template:Quote

An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014, it won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.

Gallery

• Horta's house and workshop in the early 20th century Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  Horta's house and workshop in the early 20th century
• The balcony Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  The balcony
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  Doorbell
• Spiral staircase Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  Spiral staircase
• Skylight above the stairway Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  Skylight above the stairway
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  Closeup of the skylight
• Peacock Chair by Horta from either the Hôtel Tassel or the Castle of La Hulpe Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  Peacock Chair by Horta from either the Hôtel Tassel or the Castle of La Hulpe
• Table by Horta, probably designed for the 1902 Turin International Exposition Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  Table by Horta, probably designed for the 1902 Turin International Exposition

See also

• List of museums in Brussels
• Art Nouveau in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Culture of Belgium
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century

External links

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• Official website
• Horta Museum on BALaT - Belgian Art Links and Tools (KIK-IRPA, Brussels)