Villa van Buuren

Villa van Buuren is a residence and museum in Uccle displaying furniture, tapestries, sculptures, and paintings from the 15th to 20th centuries arranged in their original rooms. The collections remain positioned as the family left them, offering a view of how these objects were lived with rather than displayed in formal galleries.

The house was built between 1924 and 1928 by architects Léon Emmanuel Govaerts and Alexis Van Vaerenbergh in the Amsterdam School style. David Van Buuren moved into the completed residence and filled it with his art collection over the following decades.

The house displays works by van Gogh, Ensor, and other expressionist painters that David Van Buuren actively collected during his lifetime. The rooms show how these paintings were actually lived with and displayed as part of the family's daily surroundings.

The museum is open Wednesday through Monday and located in a residential neighborhood of Uccle accessible by public transport. Visitors should know that the rooms feel intimate and compact since the house was designed as a family residence rather than a large exhibition space.

The garden was originally designed by Jules Buyssens in 1924 and later redesigned by René Pechère in 1960, earning recognition for its heritage conservation work. The outdoor spaces reveal another layer of the family's attention to design, showing that their care extended beyond the interior rooms.

Location: Uccle

Inception: 1928

Architects: Léon Emmanuel Govaerts, Alexis Van Vaerenbergh

Architectural style: Amsterdam School

Operator: Foundation David and Alice van Buuren

Opening Hours: Wednesday-Monday 14:00-17:30

Website: https://museumvanbuuren.be

GPS coordinates: 50.81007,4.35380

Latest update: December 8, 2025 21:00