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Home » Belgium » Belgium: People and Culture » ArtBelgium recognizes its art culture in many different ways. One of the main ways is through its huge variety of museums. Nearly any city you visit in Belgium has at least one museum. Following are some of the most popular and impressive museums in Belgium:
• The Royal Museum for Fine Arts – Located in Antwerp, this museum has a vast collection of famous painter Peter Paul Rubens’ works.
• The Groeninge Museum – This museum has a large collection of works by the Flemish Primitives, a group of painters from the Netherlands in the 15th and early 16th centuries. The Groeninge is located in Bruges.
• The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium – Brussels is home to this museum which houses a movie theater, a concert hall, and artwork from a variety of periods.
• The Plantin-Moretus Museum– Also located in Antwerp, this museum is the complete factory of the largest publishing house of the 17th Century.
Literature, music, comics, architecture, and cinematography also play parts in Belgium's art culture. Belgium has produced several famous well-known authors and poets; Belgian literature does not exist, instead Belgium identifies with French and Dutch literature. With its emphasis on comics as traditional entertainment, Belgium has also produced many famous cartoonists. Along with the museums, there are many old monuments of note in Belgium that demonstrate the amazing architecture of the country.
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