mu-zee-um vzw Reviews

Beautiful permanent collection currently doubled by a temporary exhibition around the painters James Ensor and Leon Spilliaert. The choice of works is interesting and varied; However, some visitors will not necessarily share the bias of the implementation by themes, and therefore not chronological.

Large museum, a beautiful collection and well-highlighted temporary exhibitions

Probably wrong moment chosen. Today we visited Mu.ZEE. Not first time. Total chaos. Rooms inaccessible due to end or structure of the exhibition. Certain stairs are accessible but rooms are not closed - upon return. Not the least indication of the route to be followed. If you then know that the museum has a huge collection on deposit, it is a total disappointment with what is actually on display. Sad.

Behind the old-fashioned entrance is a beautiful museum with several smaller and larger rooms where the paintings come into their own. Beautiful collection of Ensor and Spilliaert, Servais and many others. 12 euros admission for complete exhibition. Beautiful gadgets in the museum shop

Totally incoherent. Notepads from the curators about the arrangement of the exhibitions reveal a self-righteousness that, painfully enough, does not lead to quality. Saddening. Really sad.

Original provincial museum of modern art, with extra wing for James Ensor and Leon Spilliaert. With continuous films by R. Servais. Original temporary exhibitions.

Good reception, good organization and very good exhibition

A lot to see. The building is very large. Take the time to visit this museum. Friendly staff.

Most film clips are in French. Ostend, cleanliness. Moreover, I saw at least 1 disruptive spelling mistake in a room text.

Very extensive collection (too many to see at once) in a beautiful, sleek, modern setting. Regularly fascinating exhibitions. Worth a visit every year.

The exhibition was very nice but especially the guide was excellent what he could tell about Encor

Great place if you like art. You can get to the Van Eyck exhibition for 0.90evro (discount on age). Follow the exhibitions on the museum website.

Always something new to see next to the permanent collection.

Super friendly welcome! Visited the part of Ensor.
The effort in terms of paintings and really affordable for a family of 5 with children. Our 11-13-16 year old + 17 year old friend were impressed ... so did we!

200 years ago a large French ship named Medusa sank off the coast of West Africa. A sturdy raft was built on board, good to save up to 150 passengers. The captain sent the raft out to sea without food or water. The rich got good sloops and were quickly rescued. But the raft with all the other people bobbed around at sea for 12 days. When it was recovered by another ship, 14 people were still alive. The others had been thrown overboard, starved or even eaten. The entire exhibition is actually about this story. Sometimes the story is clearly legible in the artworks, but not always. Are you looking for Het Vlot in all artworks?

We were a bit cheaper on the coastal pass and were surprised. An interesting exhibition and everything described in German. It was an instructive and varied day.

Very warm and professional welcome, ground floor devoted to Spilliaert and Ensor, other floors mainly devoted to modern art. Top .

Terribly dissapointed! Super expensive "20 per person" to look all the museum where only 2 things where really worthy, Spilliaert that was only 4 , some animation videos of an artist named Wendy where also interesting, but for the rest ... A whole floor dedicated to art brut which was average bad! Also something related with anthropology without any information!!! Senselessly presented! Not to pay that amount! And this instalation in red from the photo was the only that deserved closer attention. Not enough information or seats for the public to watch most of the videos bad attention. Second time in Belgium I pay so much for little quality art!

Damage to reduce the work of Ensor or Spilliaert to a few samples
Too bad for the mu zee and even more so for visitors who thought they came to a real museum

Some beautiful and previously known works, nice to view. Art from a different angle

An atypical museum, but that's exactly what's great

Had higher expectations for a museum with such a look. Not surprising or innovative for art lovers. Could really better be contemporary art. The museum is more filled up than used to give creative ideas space and coherence. Come on Ostend, you may come in more surprisingly, there is room for improvement!

A very nice museum with very nice works of art. It's definitely worth it. Also nice for small children. They can tinker, draw anything. And they learn new things. Also with videos. And make animation films for the children themselves.

Great, extra for the public lure
Unclear

Very well organized a lot of interesting works ... attention the museum does not close at 18h but at 17h40 must be out s. It is better to predict it because it takes two good hours to take advantage of all that is exposed.

Very varied exhibitions, which often take a little time to get in. From modern to contemporary. Furnishing not always exciting. Very much worth the effort!

Very small captions, too bad. Great video v Storck. Gone with unsatisfied and disappointed feeling

Visited Spaciously organized extra exhibition about James Ensor House, with landscapes, still lifes. Thanks to the museum pass extra payment of 3 pp. Interesting if you like impressionism.
Not really recommended.

Nice to go with children. Great offer for schools. Workshops

Rainy day at the sea, so we plan a visit to Mu.Zee. Extensive exhibition of paintings (Ensor, Permeke, etc.) as well as other art objects. Playing with light and sound, objects that invite you to think differently than short films. In short, an extensive variety of art. Nice to do ...

Giant museum with a very fine permanent collection dedicated to Spilliaert and Ensor. Well worth a visit.

They should inform in advance (website, etc.) that half of the museum is closed for renovation, not when arriving at the museum.

Beautiful exhibition by Maesereel. Ensor-Spilliaert room beautiful. We are sorry that there is no cafeteria anymore.

In addition to the permanent collections, there is also always interesting temporary exhibition such as "Dreams of Mother of Pearl" with the Ensor collection of the KMSKA, which is still there until 16/06/18.

Collection of Ensor, Spilliaert and Raoul Servais extraordinary.

Nice collection! Really impressed by Leon Spilliaert!

Nice Museum with its own surprising collection and temporary exhibitions.

Repeatedly my favorite museum. The Raoul Servais exhibition is a revelation

Quite expensive: permanent collection to be paid separately on top of the trail.

Were it not from Spilliaert, I gave 1 star.

Temporary ceramics exhibition was more interesting.

Museum night visit. Concert of flute class. Good atmosphere.

Great exhibitions, friendly personnel and very clean building.

Fascinating museum, lots of modern art from our own country

There are many exhibitions of young talents; children are also busy with creativity under the guidance of adults.

Very interesting and beautiful exhibitions it was not too busy when we were there

Dismantling !!! Apart from the works of Servais, few things interesting and yet I am ferue modern art!

Captions to the paintings in too small font - little explanation. A good audio guide would offer added value.

Well presented museum with a very interesting exhibition

Poorly organised. Musea from Ostend form a group...have different closing day! Even no coffee corner! Have to go to the office to ask the internet password...

Nice museum, spread over different floors with a permanent Ensor collection and more modern art upstairs. Children can also hold a birthday party here and then get lessons in the small youth academy.

Exciting collections. Spilliaert, Ensor ... Very erudite exhibitions. A little sad building, lacking in charm.

Nice collection that begins late 19th century. A comprehensive overview.