Horta Museum

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 in 1898, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 23–25, rue Américaine/Amerikaanse straat in the municipality of Saint-Gilles.

Horta Museum
Main façade of the Horta Museum
General information
TypeTown house and workshop
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
LocationSaint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°49′27″N 4°21′17″E
Construction started1898 (1898)
Completed1901 (1901)
ClientVictor Horta
Design and construction
Architect(s)Victor Horta
Official nameMajor Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, iv
Designated2000 (24th session)
Reference no.1005
RegionEurope and North America
References
[1]

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]

Awards

The UNESCO commission recognised the Horta Museum as UNESCO World Heritage in 2000, as part of the listing 'Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta':

The four major town houses—Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta—located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of light, and the brilliant joining of the curved lines of decoration with the structure of the building.[2]

An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014, it won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.[3][4]

  • Horta's house and workshop in the early 20th century
    Horta's house and workshop in the early 20th century
  • The balcony
    The balcony
  • Doorbell
    Doorbell
  • Spiral staircase
    Spiral staircase
  • Skylight above the stairway
    Skylight above the stairway
  • Closeup of the skylight
    Closeup of the skylight
  • Peacock Chair by Horta from either the Hôtel Tassel or the Castle of La Hulpe
    Peacock Chair by Horta from either the Hôtel Tassel or the Castle of La Hulpe
  • Table by Horta, probably designed for the 1902 Turin International Exposition
    Table by Horta, probably designed for the 1902 Turin International Exposition

See also

References

Notes
  1. Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (1997–2004). "Ancienne maison et atelier de Victor Horta. Musée Horta" (in French). Brussels. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. "Major Townhouses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)". UNESCO. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "Awards".
  4. "Press corner".

Further reading
  • Aubry, Françoise (2001). The Horta Museum, Saint-Gilles, Brussels. Gent: Ludion. OCLC 50212858.
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