Design Museum Brussels, Design museum near Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
Design Museum Brussels displays industrial and artistic objects from the 20th and 21st centuries in a modern exhibition space. The collections include furniture, electronics, packaging, and everyday products shaped during these periods.
The museum was founded in 2015 when the Atomium acquired a private collection and incorporated it into its venue. In 2020 it received its current name to better reflect its focus on design.
The collection reveals how plastic transformed design since the 1950s and how creators shaped this material into everyday objects you still use today. Walking through, you notice how forms and colors shifted across the decades.
The museum is housed in an accessible building next to the Atomium and can be reached by public transport. It is helpful to check opening times before your visit and consider coming during quieter hours.
The Belgian design section takes up roughly half the museum's space and shows how local designers contributed their own innovations to the global design world. Many of these works were created in Belgium but remain lesser-known internationally.
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