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Nocturnes 2026 : Brussels’ Museums After Hours

Emilia Van Roy

The Brussels Museums’ Nocturnes are back!

The countdown is on! From 12 March to 23 April, you can once again enjoy evening visits to more than 40 museums, outside their regular opening hours. For seven consecutive Thursdays, around seven Brussels museums open their doors just for you, offering an exclusive experience.

As in previous years, you’ll get an in-depth experience with guided tours, behind-the-scenes visits and extra muros activities off-site. New this year: every week features one special’ event — a tasting, a dance workshop, a games night or an extra late opening.

Highlights include: a flashlight tour (followed by a drink with a view), a tasting featuring aphrodisiacs, medieval dance, a guided tour on invisible’ women artists, and bread baking in the garden of Felix de Boeck. Thanks to Open Museum, inclusive activities are back too, including a guided tour centred on feminism.

Practical information

The full programme will go online on 19 February, when ticket sales will also open.

Thursday 12 March – 23 April 2026

40+ Brussels museums
From 18:00 until 22:00 (exception: the Extra Late Special)
1 ticket = 1 museum visit

TICKETS

Standard price: 8€
Discount prices:

Youth (age 13-25) & European Disability Card: 5€
Social discount rates (at partner museums): Article 27: €1,25 & Paspartoe: 2€
Free: children (age 0-12; exception: at the Children’s Museum) & Art Nouveau Pass: free (at partner museums) & Museum pass (at partner museums)

Specials’ prices
Prices and discounts vary by activity – full details are available on our website.

Discover the participating museums