The Belgian Comic Strip Center (Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée) opened on 6 October 1989, and is housed in the old Waucquez department store, a Art Nouveau building designed by architect Victor Horta between 1903 - 1906.
The ground floor of the centre called "Victor Horta Area" is accessible free of charge and pays tribute to the great Art Nouveau architect and master by sketching the history of Waucquez Warehouse.
There is an extrance fee to access the rest of the centre, which includes its permanent and temporary exhibitions, and a study library/reading room.
Its permanent exhibitions include "The Birth of a Comic Strip"; "The Museum of Imagination (1929-1959)" - which takes the visitor on a grand journey through the imagination of the pioneers of Belgian comics. From Hergé (Tintin, 1929) to Roba (Boule et Bill, 1959), passing by Jijé, Jacobs, Vandersteen or elsewhere Franquin, Peyo or Morris;"The Museum of Modern Comic Strips (1960-1990)"; "The Gallery"- dedicated to those works that make up today’s landscape in comics.
There are no comics or descriptions in English, and although you are given an English guide book to use for basic descriptions, not being able to read the comics on display becomes frustrating and you begin to lose interest!
Prices
7.50 Euro
Opening Times
Tues - Sun : 10am - 6pm
Closed Monday
Address
20 rue des Sables (Zandstraat)
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: 02 219 19 80
How to Get There
Metro: DE Brouckere
or Park/Parc
(Both stops are 5 to 10 minutes walk away)
External link
Official Web Site
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