Collections in Belgium

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.