| Horta Museum | |
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 Main façade of the Horta Museum | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Town house and workshop |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Location | Rue Américaine /Amerikaansestraat 23–25, 1060Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°49′27″N4°21′17″E / 50.82417°N 4.35472°E /50.82417; 4.35472 |
| Construction started | 1898 (1898) |
| Completed | 1901 (1901) |
| Client | Victor Horta |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Victor Horta |
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| Official name | Major Town Houses of the ArchitectVictor Horta (Brussels) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Designated | 2000(24thsession) |
| Reference no. | 1005 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
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TheHorta Museum (French:Musée Horta;Dutch:Hortamuseum) is a museum inBrussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architectVictor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's formertown house and workshop (French:Maison et Atelier Horta; Dutch:Woning en Atelier Horta), built between 1898 and 1901, inArt Nouveau style. It is located at 23–25,rue Américaine/Amerikaansestraat in themunicipality ofSaint-Gilles.
Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries, as well as documents related to his life and time. The museum also organises temporary exhibitions on topics related to Horta and his art.
Together withthree other town houses of Victor Horta, it was added to theUNESCO World Heritage list in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences that Horta designed before 1900.[2]
TheUNESCO commission recognised the Horta Museum asUNESCO World Heritage in 2000, as part of the listing 'Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta':
The four major town houses—Hôtel Tassel,Hôtel Solvay,Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta—located in Brussels and designed by the architectVictor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of light, and the brilliant joining of the curved lines of decoration with the structure of the building.[2]
An extensive restoration project was completed in 2013. In 2014, it won theEuropean Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.[3][4]
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1 Listing shared with six other countries, which includes Belgium'sMaison Guiette;2 Listing shared withFrance;3 Listing shared withthe Netherlands, which includes Belgium'sWortel;4 Listing shared with France5 Listing shared with seven other countries, which includes Belgium'sSpa;6 Listing shared with seventeen other countries, which includes Belgium'sSonian Forest. | ||
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