Brussels Comics Figurines Museum, Comic figurines museum in central Brussels, Belgium

The Brussels Comics Museum, formerly Museum of Original Figurines (MOOF), occupies 1,300 m² of staged displays in the Galerie Horta, beneath Brussels-Central station. It shows 1,200 figurines and original objects chosen from a collection of 3,500 pieces, covering Tintin, the Smurfs, Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe, the Marsupilami, Asterix, Lucky Luke, Blake and Mortimer, Jommeke and the Kiekeboes, plus American comics and manga such as One Piece and Naruto. Most sets were made by young Brussels artists and students.

Collector Paul Tasiaux dreamed of a museum for comic figurines and strips; Éric Pierre, with Dominique de Rudder, realised it. The MOOF first opened on 14 May 2009 in Schaerbeek at 32 boulevard Auguste Reyers, on 3,000 m², after the collection was stored in Wavre. It moved to the Horta gallery under Brussels-Central and reopened there on 28 September 2011, later becoming the Brussels Comics Museum.

The collection gathers heroes of Belgian and European comics: Tintin, the Smurfs, Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe, the Marsupilami, Asterix and Obelix, Lucky Luke, Blake and Mortimer, plus local figures such as Jommeke and the Kiekeboes. American comics and manga like One Piece and Naruto are also represented. Most sets are made by young Brussels artists and students, and the displays change regularly.

The museum sits close to Central Station, making it straightforward to reach on foot or by transit. Plan to spend a couple of hours here if you want to walk through the collection without rushing.

The white Smurf statue outside the Horta gallery stands five metres tall and weighs almost nine tonnes; it was inaugurated on 25 June 2012 and belongs to the museum's collection. The figure sits cross-legged on a mushroom cap above a black plinth labelled "The Smurfs - Les Schtroumpfs - De Smurfen".