Horta Museum | |
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![]() Main façade of the Horta Museum | |
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General information | |
Type | Town house and workshop |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
Address | Rue Américaine / Amerikaansestraat 23–25 |
Town or city | 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region |
Country | Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°49′27″N 4°21′17″E / 50.82417°N 4.35472°E |
Construction started | 1898 |
Completed | 1901 |
Client | Victor Horta |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Victor Horta |
Website | |
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Official name | Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, ii, iv |
Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
Reference no. | 1005 |
Region | Europe and North America |
References | |
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The Horta Museum (French: Musée Horta; Dutch: Hortamuseum) is a museum in Brussels, 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 (French: Maison et Atelier Horta; Dutch: Woning en Atelier Horta), built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 23–25, rue Américaine/Amerikaansestraat in the municipality 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 list in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences that Horta designed before 1900.[2]
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