The 10 Best Science Museums in Belgium, Belgium

The Mineralogical Museum has a large collection of minerals, gems and fossils on display, and the largest room of fluorescent minerals in Europe. During the opening hours, staff and volunteers will happily give guided tours or provide information about or assistance with the determination of minerals, fossils and gems.

Kindvriendelijk natuurhistorisch museum gespecialiseerd in schedels, skeletten en fossielen van gewervelde dieren uit heel de wereld. Interactieve zoek- en doe-opdrachtjes voor jong en oud. Gratis koffie. Persoonlijke ontvangst door de stichters Luc en Leentje. Openingstijden: in schoolvakanties zo-ma-woe-do van 10h00 tot 17h00 doorlopend. Alle andere dagen van het jaar op afspraak.

Public observatory and planetarium of Antwerp. Open for the public to discover more about astronomy, space travel and meteorology.

The Ghent University Museum is located at the heart of the Ghent Botanical Garden, right around the corner from MSK Ghent and S.M.A.K. The GUM is a museum dedicated to science, research and critical thinking, where visitors can discover that scholarship is the result of trial and error, doubt and imagination. At the science museum, visitors can discover a highly valuable and exceptional collection covering various disciplines, ranging from Biology to Archaeology, and from Psychology to Medicine. The collection is where the history of science and contemporary research meet, while simultaneously offering a glimpse into the future. Throughout the exhibits and the programme, the GUM will be exploring the bridge between science and art.

More than 100,000 people have visited the "Source O Rama" water discovery center since 2005. Renovated in 2018, Source O rama is even more dynamic, fun and cultural with 2 new different spaces : WaterHouse & ArtHouse. WaterHouse answers all your questions through spaces where we discuss the water cycle, clouds, thunderstorms, formation of underground water, groundwater, know the amount of water on the earth, in our body. Are water resources inexhaustible? How much and how do we consume it? We also learn about the origin and benefits of Chaudfontaine water ! Finally, a spectacular trip makes us live the 60 years expedition of a drop of water, from the clouds to the bottle. Art House assembles in one place and in one visit the major stages of 20th century modern art, from impressionists to Pop Art, surrealism and abstract art. A permanent exhibition of major creations by the greatest artists. Art House wishes to share its love of modern art with families and more specifically children.

The Museum presents the natural environments of the region thanks to an innovative scenography. Touch, listen, admire or play to better understand the beauty of the Fagne, the magic of water, the majesty of the great forests and its inhabitants. Each year is punctuated by new temporary exhibitions while a "funny investigation" entertains the youngest.

The first Belgian computer museum opens in Namur. It tells an unbelievable odyssey that leads from the early calculating machines to your smartphone. These days, everything is transformed and transmitted numerically. All the informations are processed by computer software using the binary format: zeroes and ones, and by electronic machines: from computers to connected objects. These machines count because they indeed compute! But they also count because they are precious to explain the history of computing! The Computer Museum NAM-IP opens its doors with a permanent exhibition titled: “at the numerical roots: machines that count”. From Octobre 2018 to June 2019, the exhibiton "Old-inateurs des Sixties" presents mainframes from sixties. These huge old computers have disappeared from the modern IT landscape.