Fort 2, Military fort in Wommelgem, Belgium.

Fort 2 is a brick fort built in 1860-1864 with natural-stone details, its main front building carrying a monogram of King Leopold I. Its long, slightly curved dark brown and purple brick wall is capped by a vegetated earthen bank and pierced by a row of arched recesses and openings, with two wide barred arched doorways at the base and a third barred opening to their right. The wall ends at the right against a taller brick building with pale stone trim and barred windows.

Fort 2 was built in 1860-1864 for the Brialmont Belt, the ring of forts Henri Alexis Brialmont designed around Antwerp. Its plan is an adapted version of Fort 3 at Borsbeek, and a gun turret was planned on the reduit but never built. After the Second World War it served as a barracks and workshop for military vehicles. Wommelgem bought it in 1977.

Five museums occupy the fort: the Brialmont Museum, a police museum, a musical instrument museum, the Sint-Elooi Museum, and museums on both World Wars with a section on V-weapons. A beekeeping station is also housed inside. Local socio-cultural associations use the site, and the municipality has owned it since 1977.

Visitors can explore the museum through scheduled guided tours that help navigate the site. Parts of the fort are used for local events and gatherings, so it is helpful to check access and available areas before your visit.

Fort 2 is the only fort in the Brialmont belt where a gun turret was planned on the reduit, but the design was never carried out. The main front building carries a monogram of King Leopold I. Since 1977 the fort has belonged to the municipality of Wommelgem, and around fifty bats are counted there each winter.