15 Child-Friendly Museums in Belgium – Where to Take the Kids

It’s always good to have some museums in Belgium up your sleeve as places to take children during a vacation or a wet weekend. Here’s a short list of 15 child-friendly museums in Belgium.

Updated: February 2026

Toy museum, Mechelen

• A vast selection of toys from all generations that you can experience through countless gameplay experiences.
• Score points during your museum visit with your personal wristband!
• Want to learn more about the exhibits? Scan your wristband at a horizontal screen for additional information! This makes your visit not only enjoyable but also enriching.
• A museum visit takes about two hours, but when you’re playing, you’ll quickly lose track of time.

Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren

• Discover our ancestors in Belgium’s oldest city
• For children from ages 7 to 13, an audio guide with Archaeologist Bob the Digger gives lively explanations of the objects on display
• Children can discover how prehistoric humans made fire and boiled water, and meet figures such as Ambiorix and Caesar

The House of Patophony, Dinant

• Situated in one of the oldest houses in Dinant
• The House of Pataphony contains an amazing array of musical instruments
• Enter a fun, creative world of sound!

Royal Military Museum, Brussels

• Real aircraft in a giant hangar
• Take a seat in the cockpit of an F-16
• Enjoy a super view from the top of the Arcade du Cinquantenaire, overlooking Brussels

Magritte Museum, Brussels

• Introduce your children to the world of surrealistic art with the world’s largest René Magritte collection
• 230 paintings, drawings, sculptures, objects, advertising posters, musical scores, photographs and films
• Special audio guides for children (6-11) and teenagers

Goalmine, Genk

• This will keep a soccer-mad boy or girl happy for hours
• Interactive games, movies, mementos, video clips …
• Lots of info about Racing Genk F.C. and its history with the local mining industry

Comics Figurines Museum, Brussels

• Favorite Belgian comic book characters in interactive attractions
• Suske & Wiske, Lucky Luke, Urbanus, Jommeke, the Smurfs …
• More than 1650 exhibits in a large 1300 m² museum

Castle of the Counts, Ghent

• Medieval castle with special weapons museum and torture chamber
• Free for everyone under 18
• Audio tour and visio guides

Museum of Natural Sciences, Brussels

• Real dinosaurs! Play at being an archaeologist in the Paleolab (5+)
• Free discovery trails for children, 6-8 or 9-12 years old
• Current exhibition: FLIGHT reveals how animals and humans achieve to defy the clouds.

Aquarium Museum, Liège

• The riches and beauty of the animal kingdom
• 250 species of ocean, sea, lake and river fish from around the world populate the 46 pools 
• Reconstruction of the jaw of a Megalodon (an extinct giant shark): take a selfie standing between its teeth

Mini-Europe, Brussels

• Visit the whole of Europe in a couple of hours
• Everything on a child’s scale (1:125 to be precise)
• Interactive walk at the foot of the atomium

Technopolis, Mechelen

• Children’s do-it-yourself center; experiment and learn by playing
• Discovery tour from 4 years of age
• Great place to have a child’s birthday party!

The House of Alijn, Ghent

• A trip down memory lane with your children or grandchildren
• Discover how daily life has changed from the past
• Dip into the dressing-up box, flick through photo albums from Grandma’s time, revel in the nostalgia of old films, enjoy Play-Doh, hopscotch and marbles

Computer Museum NAM-IP, Namur

• Follow the development of computing power
• Journey from the early calculating machines to your smartphone
• Marvel at the size of the early computers!

Red Star Line museum, Antwerp

• An eventful journey tracing the history of migration by following the footsteps of specific emigrants
• Discover the role played by the Red Star Line of ships transporting people from Antwerp to America
• Two million passengers travelled to America on the Red Star Line ships. Discover their stories.

More to come …

Researching this blog post has made me aware just how many excellent child-friendly museums there are in Belgium. So I will be making a second list of another 15 great museums shortly. If you have a special recommendation of a museum that you have visited and would like to see added to the list, just drop me a comment below or contact me.

Denzil Walton

I created Discovering Belgium in 2011 to share the country’s hidden stories, fascinating places, and remarkable people. Through articles, photography, and audio walks, I share discoveries that reveal Belgium beyond the obvious. Hope you enjoy this site.