The Horta Museum (french: Musée Horta, nl, Hortamuseum) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...

architect

Victor Horta Victor Pierre Horta (; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, built in 1892–93, is often ...

and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former

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and workshop (french: Maison et Atelier Horta, link=no, nl, Woning en Atelier Horta, link=no), built in 1898. It is located at 23–25, / in the

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

municipality of Saint-Gilles, Belgium. Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries, as well as documents related to his life and time. The museum also organises temporary exhibitions on topics related to Horta and his art. The building is inscribed on the

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as one of the major town houses of Victor Horta in Brussels.

Awards

The

commission recognised the Horta Museum as

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in 2000, as part of the listing ' Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta': An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014, it won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.

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External links

www.hortamuseum.be

Horta Museum on BALaT - Belgian Art Links and Tools (KIK-IRPA, Brussels)
{{Authority control Houses in Belgium Museums in Brussels Historic house museums in Belgium Biographical museums in Belgium Saint-Gilles, Belgium World Heritage Sites in Belgium Victor Horta buildings Art Nouveau architecture in Brussels Art Nouveau houses Houses completed in 1901 Museums devoted to one artist

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