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Charlier Museum

Coordinates: 50°50′51″N 4°22′11″E / 50.84750°N 4.36972°E / 50.84750; 4.36972
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Charlier Museum
Entrance to the Charlier Museum
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Established1928
LocationBrussels, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′51″N 4°22′11″E / 50.84750°N 4.36972°E / 50.84750; 4.36972
TypeArt museum
WebsiteOfficial website

The Charlier Museum (French: Musée Charlier; Dutch: Charliermuseum) is a museum in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, exhibiting Belgian art of the end of the 19th century.[1] The museum is often used for concerts of classical music.[2]

History

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The current museum building was bought by an art collector Henri Van Cutsem in 1890. Van Cutsem hired Victor Horta, a famous architect, to remodel and extend the building. The renovation in Art Nouveau style was completed in 1893. In 1904, Van Cutsem died and left the house to the sculptor Guillaume Charlier. When Charlier died in 1925, his will requested that the house and the collection be opened as a public museum. The museum was opened in 1928.[3]

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Charlier Museum" (in Dutch). Charlier Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Charlier Museum". Conseil bruxellois des Musées. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. ^ Jacobs et al. 2012.

Bibliography

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  • Jacobs, Nathalie; Coerten, Dominique; De Salle, Jean; De Salle, Robin (2012). The Charlier Museum and Victor Horta. Archives d'Architecture Modern. ISBN 978-2-87143-264-7.
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