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💡 The Short Version: Musea Brugge runs the Belfry, the Groeningemuseum, the Gruuthusemuseum, the Sint-Janshospitaal, the Church of Our Lady museum, the Stadhuis and BRUSK, among others, 12 sites in all. Most cost €10 to €15; BRUSK is €20. The Musea Brugge Card costs €49 for 72 hours and gives one entry to each open site, so it beats separate tickets from four of the €15 sites upwards. The Groeningemuseum closes on 11 January 2027 for four years. Buy direct at Musea Brugge. Or book a tour: the Musea Brugge Card on GetYourGuidead (from €49, 4.6 stars from 381 reviews) costs the same and bundles with a tour; the boat, chocolate and walking tourad (from €39, 4.8 stars from 5,125 reviews) gives you a guide for the streets between the museums.
⚠️ Closing days differ. Groeningemuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal and BRUSK close on Mondays and the Gruuthusemuseum on Wednesdays. The Volkskundemuseum closes on Mondays and, from 3 November to 31 March, Tuesdays. Several smaller sites open only at weekends or in summer.
The sites compared
Prices and hours are from Musea Brugge.
| Site | Adult price | Open | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfry | €15 weekdays in winter, €16 otherwise | Daily | 366-step climb with carillon |
| Groeningemuseum | €15 | Closed Mondays | Flemish primitives to Magritte; closes 11 January 2027 |
| Sint-Janshospitaal | €15 | Closed Mondays | Memling’s paintings in a 12th-century hospital; the pharmacy is included |
| Gruuthusemuseum | €15 | Closed Wednesdays | A palace of the Gruuthuse family, with tapestries, stained glass, wooden sculpture, lace and manuscripts |
| Church of Our Lady museum | €10 | Daily; Sundays from 13:30 | Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child and the ducal tombs |
| BRUSK | €20 | Closed Mondays | Art gallery with temporary exhibitions, opened on 8 May 2026 |
| Stadhuis | €8 | Daily 09:30 to 17:00 | Town hall begun in 1376; a ticket also covers the Brugse Vrije at weekends |
| Brugse Vrije | €3 | Weekends 09:30 to 17:00 | The former seat of the Liberty of Bruges |
| Volkskundemuseum | €8 | Closed Mondays, and Tuesdays in winter | Daily life in 19th- and early 20th-century Bruges |
| Sint-Janshuismolen | €5 | 1 April to 2 November, closed Mondays | A windmill on the ramparts that still grinds grain |
| O.L.V. ter Potterie | €8 | Friday to Sunday | A 13th-century hospital and church on the Potterierei canal |
| Apotheek Sint-Janshospitaal | €3 alone, included with the hospital ticket | Closed Mondays | The 17th-century pharmacy |
The Gruuthusemuseum combines with the Church of Our Lady museum for €19. In winter most sites run 09:30 to 17:00; on 24 and 31 December they close at 16:00, and on 25 December and 1 January they are closed. Under-26s, under-18s and under-13s get lower prices at most sites; children under 13 are free everywhere.
The Musea Brugge Card
The card costs €49 (€37 under 26, €25 under 18) and gives one entry to each open site within 72 hours. It starts at your first visit, and a card bought online can be activated up to a year after purchase. It covers 12 sites: the Belfry, Brugse Vrije, BRUSK, Groeningemuseum, Gruuthusemuseum, Museum Sint-Janshospitaal, the pharmacy, the Church of Our Lady museum, O.L.V. ter Potterie, Sint-Janshuismolen, the Stadhuis and the Volkskundemuseum. Children under 13 are free everywhere, so there is no child card.
- Four of the €15 sites cost €60 or €61 on their own, so the card saves money from there. Three cost €45 to €46, so it does not.
- BRUSK at €20 tips the balance. With two €15 sites it comes to €50.
- After 11 January 2027 the Groeningemuseum is shut, so the €15 sites left are the Belfry, Sint-Janshospitaal and Gruuthusemuseum. Add the Church of Our Lady museum (€10) and the four come to €55 or €56.
- Reserve time slots separately. Musea Brugge recommends reserving a slot for each site, and the Belfry in particular, because it often has a queue.
- Plan around closing days. Monday and Wednesday closures eat into the 72 hours.
The oratory windows linking the Gruuthuse palace to the Church of Our Lady. Photo: Rainer Halama, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tours worth paying for
The museums need no guide. These are the GetYourGuide products that go with them, at GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices.
Musea Brugge Card
From €49 · 4.6 stars from 381 reviews · 3 days · free cancellation
Bruges: Musea Brugge Cardad is the 72-hour card at the same €49 Musea Brugge charges, with free entry to the Belfry, the Groeningemuseum, the City Hall and the Church of Our Lady among others, and fast-track entry.
Single-museum tickets
From €10 to €15 · 4.3 to 4.7 stars · free cancellation
If one museum is all you want, GetYourGuide sells the same-priced tickets: the Church of Our Lady museumad (€10, 4.6 stars from 331 reviews), the Groeningemuseumad (€15, 4.6 stars from 108 reviews), the Sint-Janshospitaalad (€15, 4.3 stars from 64 reviews) and the Gruuthusemuseumad (€15, 4.7 stars from 19 reviews).
Boat, chocolate and walking tour
From €39 · 4.8 stars from 5,125 reviews · 2.5 hours
Bruges: Boat, Chocolate and Guided Walking Tourad is led by a local certified guide with a canal boat and a chocolate tasting. It lists the Gruuthusemuseum among its sights, so it suits the day you spend between museums.
Details that decide a visit
- Stadhuis. The ticket is valid at the Brugse Vrije on weekends, or you can return within seven days on the same ticket. On the last Monday of each month except July the city council meets, part of the building is closed and the price is reduced. Weddings can close it on Tuesday mornings, Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
- Sint-Janshuismolen. Open 1 April to 2 November, 09:30 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 17:00, closed Mondays; in winter it opens only on the second Sunday of the month, from December.
The Sint-Janshuismolen on the ramparts at Kruisvest. Photo: Marc Ryckaert, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
- O.L.V. ter Potterie. Open Friday to Sunday, 09:30 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 17:00, at Potterierei 79 B.
- Volkskundemuseum. At Balstraat 43, open 09:30 to 17:00 and closed Mondays, plus Tuesdays from 3 November to 31 March.
- Gezellehuis. The Guido Gezelle house at Rolweg 64 is free; its museum opens on the second Sunday of the month, and the garden opens daily except Mondays (and Tuesdays in winter).
A classroom reconstruction in the Volkskundemuseum. Photo: Rainer Halama, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Other museums
Choco-Story costs €16 for adults, with a combination ticket with the Frietmuseum at €22.50. The Frietmuseum on Vlamingstraat 33 is open every day from 10:00 to 17:00, with the last ticket at 16:15, and costs €12 for adults, €10 for students and over-65s, and €7 for children aged 3 to 11 (Frietmuseum). GetYourGuide’s Choco-Story visit with a demonstrationad (from €16, 4.2 stars from 2,097 reviews, 1.5 hours) and Belgian Chips Museum visitad (from €12, 4.2 stars from 765 reviews) sell the same visits.
The facade of the Stadhuis on the Burg, begun in 1376. Photo: Zairon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting around the sites
The Belfry on the Markt, the Stadhuis and Brugse Vrije on the Burg, and the Basilica of the Holy Blood (not a Musea Brugge site) are within five minutes of each other. The Groeningemuseum, Gruuthusemuseum, Church of Our Lady and Sint-Janshospitaal sit along Dijver and Mariastraat. The windmill is on the ramparts at Kruisvest and the Volkskundemuseum is in the Sint-Anna quarter. For the free sights between them, see free things to do in Bruges, and for the Basilica of the Holy Blood and the canal cruise, see their own pages.
Common questions
How much is the Musea Brugge Card?
€49 for adults, €37 for under-26s and €25 for under-18s. It gives one entry to each open Musea Brugge site over 72 hours and starts when you first use it. You can activate it up to a year after buying it.
Is the Musea Brugge Card worth it?
It pays for itself from four of the €15 sites. The Belfry, Groeningemuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal and Gruuthusemuseum come to €60 or €61 bought separately. BRUSK, at €20, tips it sooner: BRUSK plus two €15 sites is €50.
Which Bruges museums close on which day?
Groeningemuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal and BRUSK close on Mondays, the Gruuthusemuseum on Wednesdays, and the Volkskundemuseum on Mondays and, in winter, Tuesdays. The Belfry, the Church of Our Lady museum and the Stadhuis open daily.
Are children free?
At all Musea Brugge sites children under 13 are free, and at the Belfry children under 7 are free.
Can I pay cash?
Only at the museum pavilion beside the Gruuthusemuseum and the museum shop at Dijver 16. Other sites take cards only.
What happens to the Groeningemuseum?
It closes on 11 January 2027 for a four-year refurbishment. From 12 March 2027 the collection's masterpieces are shown at BRUSK, which the card covers.
