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From October 2024 to March 2025 the Museum is open one weekend a month, from 1 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., with an additional weekend in December. 12 and 13 October 9 and 10 November 7, 8, 21 and 22 December 11 and 12 January 2025 8 and 9 February 8 and 9 March On these […]

    In 1982 STIB founded the nonprofit organization “Musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois” to develop the activities of what is now known as the Tram Museum. It was a brilliant idea: enthusiastic amateurs would be laying the groundwork for a collection of vehicles, objects and archives telling the story of public transit in our […]

We are finalizing the preparations for the 40th anniversary of the Museum on the 22nd of May. One of the stars of the day will be a steam tram locomotive of the “Tramways de l’Est de Bruxelles”, built by Cockerill in 1890. The Tramways de l’Est de Bruxelles ran a steam tram line between place […]

During these difficult times of compulsory confinement, we offer you a way to escape, with this nostalgic footage of an unforgettable 1st of May 2019!

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the tram in Brussels (and Belgium)? We’re on it! 2 February 2019: departure of horse-drawn car 509 from the Museum. Not as easy as it looks! 16 February 2019: removal of the wheels of Omnibuses 2 and 6 for a revision. 24 March 2019: “field tests” of horse-drawn car 509. […]

Join us for the 150th anniversary of the Brussels tram network!   The 1st of May, 1869 was a historic date for Brussels. On that day, the very first tram line was put into operation. This horse tram line ran from the Bois de la Cambre to Porte de Namur through avenue Louise. Later on, it […]