Found within two eighteenth century gabled houses is the museum dedicated to one of Brussels’ most successful exports, Belgian lace. The intricate skill employed by Belgian lace-makers has contributed a vital economic role in the city since the twelfth century, and the collection explains and displays the history of the craft.

On the ground floor costumes from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries are displayed on mannequins, demonstrating how lace has adorned fashions of every era. The second floor houses a collection in drawers and demonstrating the various schools of lacemaking in France, Flanders, and Italy.