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Ostend is a very enjoyable city of Belgium and Museums in Ostend is also very famous in the world. Most tourists want to spend their vacations in hotels in Oostende because they wanna a visit famous museum in Ostend. While enjoying in book hotel Ostend, you must visit its Museums. Beside its Museum the city also has many must see attractions like Hippodrome Wellington, horse racing venue, St. Petrus and St. Paulus Church. Ostend is also famous for its sea-side esplanade, pier, and fine sand beches. In Ostend you find many beautiful restaurant, cafe and hotels, but Museums in Ostend is very famous you must visit them while enjoying week-end Ostende.

The Museum of Fine Arts

While enjoying Wochenende Ostende you must visit The museum of Fine arts becasue it is one of the most visited museum in Ostend. The Museum of Fine Art is a museum in Ostend, where you see different works of art such as Ensor, Psermeke, Spilliaert, Finch, De Clerk etc. In 1940, around 400 paintings of the museum were destroyed by war fire and after the second world was a new collection was acquired. This museum in Ostend also offers contemporary art from different European countries, and here you see the James Ensor paintings, Leon Spilliaert paintings and Belgian art from the Romantic movement until the Postimpressionist movement.

The Provincial Museum of Modern Art

This museum in Ostend is one of the best and important museums of modern art in Belgium. If you want to see the complete picture of modern art in Belgium since the beginning until the present day, then come to the Provincial Museum of Modern Art. In this Museum you find a collection of paintings, sculptures and objects presenting the picture of modern art in Belgium. The museum in Ostend is situated in an old warehouse S.E.O, which is designed by the architect Gaston Eysselinck in the Romestraat. The museum and its collection belong to the Province of West-Flanders. The museum consists of the cellar department, the ground floor, and three higher floors with mezzanines.

Museum of local history (De Plate)

The Museum of local history (De Plate), is also a very interesting museum in Ostend. While enjoying in hotel in Ostend you must visit this museum in Ostend which is situated in the Feest-en-Kultuurpaleis on the main market place. Tourists visiting the De Plate museum in Ostend can also see a collection of objects from de Neolithic and the Roman time. In the museum you can also see many photographs, posters and pictures from the 19th century there is also a maritime section, a Belle-Epoque section and a section from the First and Second World Wars. After visiting museums in Ostend, and if you want to visit other cities museums then you can visit madrid famous museums and Amsterdam museums.