Belgium · MUSEUMS IN BRUGES
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 7 museums in Bruges worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Explore Bruges’ Choco-Story museum with an audio guide, chocolate-making demonstration, free tastings, and 4,000 years of cocoa history.
“I have never appreciated chocolate as much I do now after visiting the museum! A great collection of anything chocolate-related. Their chocolates are also one of the best I have ever tasted in my entire life!”
Explore Bruges’ Choco-Story museum, with four floors of chocolate history, 1,000 objects, audio guides, tastings, and a praline demo.
“We’ve visited other chocolate museums in the United States, so we didn’t need the history of chocolate that bypasses the role of sugar and chocolate in the colonial slave trade. The free samples were not of good Belgian quality.”
Make Belgian chocolates, taste the results, and explore Choco-Story Bruges with an audio guide in this family-friendly one-hour activity.
“Museum is well set out and chocolate making workshop was well led. It kept a 10yr old very busy and he learned a fair bit!”
See 11 Bruges museums and monuments with a 72-hour card, including the Belfry, Groeninge Museum, City Hall, and Michelangelo’s Madonna.
“This really encouraged us to visit places we might not have. The Stadhuis was fantastic.”
Explore Bruges Beer Experience with an iPad audio guide, beer science, family activities, market-square views, and an optional 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”
Explore original Salvador Dalí sculptures and graphic art in Bruges’ Belfry, with flexible entry, a striking gallery, and central location.
“Exhibition was closed because they didn't have any electricity. Went back 2 times, still no electricity. Sad.”
Explore Bruges’ medieval St John’s Hospital, Memling masterpieces, modern art, and a 17th-century pharmacy with a one-day ticket.
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