What's on in Brussels

Gallery of Humankind reconstructions

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Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)Quartier Léopold

Gallery of Humankind: Our Evolution

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed, see website

Human evolution as a branching story across 25 species, with life-size reconstructions of Lucy, Toumaï and the Belgian Spy Neanderthal.

More in Brussels

On now All of November 2026

Also at Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)

On now nearby

Postcolonial?

House of European History

Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far North exhibition teaser

Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far North

Art & History Museum

Detail of Donald Judd's Untitled beside a work by Tapta

Tapta meets Judd

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)

All exhibitions in Brussels this month Coming up in December

Nearby

Exterior of the House of European History in Leopold Park, Brussels

House of European History

HistoryFree4 min walk

Exterior of the Art & History Museum in Cinquantenaire Park, Brussels

Art & History Museum

Exterior of the Hôtel du Lotto, home of the Magritte Museum, on Place Royale in Brussels

Magritte Museum (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)

Main facade of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium on Rue de la Régence

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)

Image credits

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Gallery of Humankind: Our EvolutionCourtesy of Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far NorthCourtesy of Art & History Museum
Tapta meets JuddDonald Judd, Untitled, © Judd Foundation / SABAM Belgium; Tapta, Découper/assembler/appuyer, n.d., Maurice Verbaet Collection. Photo: Cathy Christiaen (LAAC Dunkirk, 2022)
House of European HistoryGuy Delsaut / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Art & History MuseumM0tty / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Magritte Museum (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)EmDee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)iMahesh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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