Brussels picture. The city's embrace of modern architecture translated into an ambivalent approach towards historic preservation, leading to the destruction of notable architectural landmarks, most famously the Maison du Peuple by Victor Horta, a process known as "Brusselisation". Brussels contains over 80 museums. The Royal Museums of Fine Arts has an extensive collection of various painters, such as Flemish old masters like Bruegel, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Peter Paul Rubens. The Magritte Museum houses the world's largest collection of the works of the surrealist René Magritte. Museums dedicated to the national history of
Museum of the City of Brussels Museum of the City of Brussels The Museum of the City of Brussels (, ) is a museum on the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to the history and folklore of the City of Brussels, its development from its beginnings to today, which it presents through paintings, sculptures, tapestries, engravings, photos and models, including a notable scale-representation of the town during the Middle Ages. The museum features artifacts, paintings and tapestries from Brussels' history. There are two dioramas of the city of Brussels in its early days and as it began to flourish in the 1500s. One