Film Museum

The Film Museum in Brussels is a cinema and exhibition space that shows daily film screenings with piano accompaniment for silent films while preserving original formats and languages. The two screening rooms house a complete collection of works by various filmmakers and historical cinema objects that document the medium's development.

The museum traces its roots to an archive established in 1938 and was formally founded as an independent institution in 1961 to preserve and show films. Its founders wanted to safeguard cinematic works for the future and provide access to them.

The museum preserves extensive collections from filmmakers and regularly presents exhibitions that trace cinema's development from its earliest forms to today. Visitors can observe how film techniques and storytelling methods have evolved over the decades.

The museum is easily reached by public transport and offers access for visitors with mobility needs, including elevators and adapted facilities. Plan to spend time exploring since there are multiple daily screenings and exhibition areas to see.

The museum features four interactive displays in the exhibition halls that show digitized archive material and allow visitors to explore technical details of early film production. These digital stations provide a modern contrast to the many physical artifacts from different eras of cinema history.