The Horta Museum (; ) is a museum in
Brussels
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, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect
Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former
town house and workshop (; ), built between 1898 and 1901, in
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
style. It is located at 23–25, / in the
municipality
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of
Saint-Gilles.
Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries, as well as documents related to his life and time. The museum also organises temporary exhibitions on topics related to Horta and his art.
Together with
three other town houses of Victor Horta, it was added to the
UNESCO World Heritage
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list in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences that Horta designed before 1900.
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Awards
The UNESCO
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commission recognised the Horta Museum as UNESCO World Heritage
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in 2000, as part of the listing ' Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta':
An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014, it won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.
Gallery
File:Maison Horta (23-25, rue Américaine, 1060, Brussels).jpg,
File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Maison Horta - 01.jpg,
File:St-Gilles (Horta) JPG03.jpg,
File:Horta Museum.JPG,
File:Victor Horta Museum 03.jpg,
File:HortaELWI.jpg,
File:Chair from either Tassel house or the castle of La Hulpe.jpg,
File:Table by Victor Horta, probably designed for the International exhibition of Turin 1902.jpg,
See also
* List of museums in Brussels
* Art Nouveau in Brussels
* History of Brussels
* Culture of Belgium
* Belgium in the long nineteenth century
In the history of Belgium, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "Long nineteenth century, long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, includes the end of Habsburg monarchy, Austrian rule and periods of French First Republic, French ...
References
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Further reading
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External links
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Official website
Horta Museum on BALaT - Belgian Art Links and Tools (KIK-IRPA, Brussels)
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Houses in Belgium
Museums in Brussels
Historic house museums in Belgium
Biographical museums in Belgium
Saint-Gilles, Belgium
World Heritage Sites in Belgium
Victor Horta buildings
Art Nouveau architecture in Brussels
Art Nouveau houses
Houses completed in 1901
Museums devoted to one artist