Belgian Comic Strip Center

Belgium

The Belgian Comic Strip Center is a museum in Brussels dedicated to Belgian comics. It is located at 20, rue des Sables/Zandstraat, and is served by the Brussels-Congress railway station.

The ground floor of the museum holds a restaurant, a room dedicated to Victor Horta, a comics‘ store named „Slumberland“ after Little Nemo in Slumberland, a library with a reading room and a study centre. The first floor has an auditorium, a room with original comic book pages by various artists and a room dedicated to animation, more specifically the Belgian animation industry, such as Belvision.

The second floor has a permanent exhibition dedicated to the chronological history of the medium in Belgium called „The Museum of Imagination“.[5] The exhibit starts off with Hergé and ends with Peyo, covering the pioneers of Belgian comics between 1929 and 1958 and with special focus on the magazines Spirou and Tintin. Each artist has a room dedicated to his work and designed in a playful way.

The final floor is dedicated to the merchandising of comics and available for provisional exhibitions.

Contact

The Belgian Comic Strip Center
email
visit@comicscenter.net
address
Museum Brussels Rue des Sables 20 1000 Brussels
phone
+ 32 (0)2 219 19 80