Visit : Art nouveau, Architectural heritage, Museum /discovery

BELGIAN CENTRE FOR COMIC STRIP ART - CBBD

Address:
Rue des Sables 20
1000 BRUXELLES
MAPS: Google Maps
Tel.: +32 (0) 2 219 19 80
Fax: +32 (0) 2 219 23 76
Email : visit@cbbd.be

This is the Kingdom of the Smurfs, Tintin, Lucky Luke, Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe, Spike and Suzy and plenty of other paper heroes! One of the major Brussels tourist attractions and a superb example of Art Nouveau architecture, the Belgian Comic Strip Center brings together everything related to the comic strip, from its prestigious beginnings to its most recent developments, over an area of more than 4,000 m²: permanent and temporary exhibitions, library, documentation centre, bookshop, bar...
Espace Hergé, around a giant representation of the façade of the castle of Moulinsart with enlargements, scale-models and numerous interactive items to get to know Hergé's work better.

Opening periods:

from Saturday 2 January 2010 to Friday 31 December 2010 (except on: Monday)
- tuesday : 10:00-18:00

Visit type: Art nouveau, Architectural heritage, Museum /discovery

Comment:

Closed on 1/1, 25/12.
Library, documentation centre (access from 16 years): Tuesday to Thursday: 12 pm to 5 pm - Friday: 12 pm to 6 pm - Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm.
Comic strip reading room (access to all): idem library + Sunday: 12 pm to 6 pm.
Guided visits: the visits can be adapted to the age and interests of the group. Visit of the museum - duration: 1h30. Comic strip trail - duration: 2h30. Reservations min. 2 weeks in advance, by phone, fax, letter or email.
Parking: Individual: recommended parking: City-Parking, bd Pacheco (at 150 m from the BCSC) 2000 pl. Coaches: bd Pacheco (in front of City Parking) - bd de l'Empereur (in front of the National Bank).

Subway : Botanique, Gare Centrale, Rogier.