Van Buuren Museum & Gardens

This Art Deco house, surrounded by a beautifully lush garden, originally inhabited by David and Alice Van Buuren, exhibits a wide range of rare furniture, tapestries, glass frames, sculptures and paintings by international artists.

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Built in 1928 in Dutch Art Deco style, this residence combines the warmth of a home - that of banker and patron of arts David van Buuren and his spouse - with the richness of a museum. The Art Deco ensemble, elaborated down to the smallest detail, unveils beautiful antiques as well as an impressive collection of paintings by renowned artists from the 16^th to the 20^th century: Peter Brueghel the Elder’s entourage, James Ensor, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Fantin-Latour, Constant Permeke and Gustave van de Woestijne among others. A magnificent garden surrounds the mansion and surely deserves more than a detour for its splendid Art Deco rose garden by Jule Buyssens, its Labyrinth or its romantic heart-shaped secret garden by René Pechère.