Info & Prices

DATES

Every Thursday evening between 12 March and 23 April, from 18h00 to 22h00.

  • 12.03.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.
  • 19.03.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.
  • 26.03.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.
  • 02.04.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.
  • 09.04.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00 (except the Nocturne Extra Late)
  • 16.04.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.
  • 23.04.2026 from 18h00 to 22h00.

ACCESS & PRICES

ACCESS

There are several ways of accessing the Nocturnes

Free options (each museum page indicates whether the entrance is paid or free)

  1. The museum is free and does not require a reservation = you can visit the museum directly on the evening of the Nocturne, no ticket or reservation needed. 
  2. The museum is free but requires a reservation for some activities = you reserve a spot in advance *and enter the museum that evening without a ticket. 

* Visit the museum page of your choice to book a place for your favourite activities 

The following museums are free:

La Loge, Brotherhood of Parachutists Agents 1940-45, ULB Experimentarium chemistry, ULB Museum of medicinal Plants and Pharmacy, ULB Espace Allende, ULB Museum of Zoology and Anthropology, Maurice Carême Museum, d’Ieteren Gallery, Jewish Museum of Belgium, La Maison des Arts, Arte-fac Paul Moens Medicinal Plant garden, Museum of the National Bank of Belgium, Foundation A, Braille Museum.

Paying options

  1. A paid ticket is valid for one participating museum on any Nocturnes evening, without reservation. When museums organise activities for a limited number of participants, you can join them during your visit. 
  2. The museum requires paid entrance is only accessible by reservation = you buy a ticket WITH reservation online on this site and present your ticket at the specific museum on the specific evening of the Nocturne at the time of the activity indicated on your ticket.
  3. A Special Ticket, valid for participation in one special activity organised by one of seven museums during the Nocturnes. Before or after participating in the special activity, you can also visit the museum and the collection/exhibition.

1 TICKET = 1 MUSEUM VISIT = 1 PERSON

PRICES

  • 26+ years : 8€
  • 13-25 years + European Disability Card : 5€
  • 0-12 years : free (no ticket required)

* Exception: at the Children’s Museum, a ticket (5€) is required for people aged 3-25.

+ Art Nouveau Pass

Free entry for holders of a valid Art Nouveau Pass in the following museums: Maison Autrique, Lab·An x Van Eetvelde, Maison Cauchie.

For Lab·An x Van Eetvelde and Maison Autrique, please present your pass on the evening of the Nocturne at the museum.

For Maison Cauchie, you need to reserve your ticket online on our website (€0 rate option with Art Nouveau Pass).

If you do not have it yet, buy your Art Nouveau Pass here

+ MuseumPASSMusées

Free admission for holders of a valid MuseumPASSMusées card to the following paying museums:

Museum of the National Bank of Belgium, Brussels City Hall, King’s House – Museum of the City of Brussels, Fondation CAB, Maison Autrique, Brussels Museum of the Mill and Food, Coudenberg Palace, FeliXart & Eco Museum, Wittockiana, LAB·An x Van Eetvelde, Belgian Museum of Freemasonry, Sewer Museum, WIELS, Foundation A , MigratieMuseumMigration, Meise Botanical Garden.

Please note: holders of a valid MuseumPASSMusées who wish to visit the Planetarium of Brussels must make a reservation via this website.

 

+ Article 27: € 1,25 

Article 27 pass holders can use their valid ticket + €1.25 in the following museums: La Fonderie, Maison Autrique, BELvue museum, Sewer Museum, Institute of Natural Sciences, Coudenberg palace, Beer Museum of Schaerbeek, WIELS, Erasmus House.

Present your Article 27 ticket at the museum on the evening of your visit

 

+ PasPartoe kansentarief: € 2 

Beneficients of the PasPartoe kansentarief can use their valid ticket + €2 in the following museums: BELvue museum, WIELS, MigratieMuseumMigration.

Present your PasPartoe kansentarief at the museum on the evening of your visit.

 

WHERE TO BUY A TICKET?

 You can buy your Nocturnes ticket :

  • on this website
  • on the evening itself at the museum you wish to visit, except for museums that require reservation (see below)

 

RESERVATIONS

The museums listed below have limited capacity and therefore require reservations. On our ticketing page, you can buy tickets WITH reservation for these museums.  

Maison Cauchie 
La Maison des Arts (only for the activity Behind the Scenes, but free admission to the museum)
Clockarium
Planetarium of Brussels 

The special activities listed below, organised in a single museum, have limited capacity and therefore require a reservation. You can purchase a Special Ticket on our ticket page.

Special – Dance: KBR museum
Special – Games: BELvue museum, La Fonderie
Special – Tasting: Erasmus House, Museum of Erotics and Mythology (MEM)
Special – Extra Late: Royal Army Museum

 

ATTENTION: These tickets only give access to a museum for a specific activity at a specific time. They do not give access to any other participating museum. 

ACCESSIBILITY

This year, together with our own project Open Museum, we developed a more inclusive programme— a number of museums offer activities that focus on making museums accessible to wider audiences. In collaboration with Arts&Culture

Arts&Culture provides a number of visits in French-Belgian sign language (LSFB).

The participating museums are the following:

La Loge
Planetarium of Brussels
Brussels City Hall

Lab·An x Van Eetvelde

WIELS

Erasmus House 

Find out all the info about these visits on the museum page!

 

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