This is not a museum in the traditional sense, ie a building in which all the visitor's attention is focused on the exhibits. Here it is the opposite: it is the building itself a museum. The Horta Museum is in fact the house that Victor Horta built for himself at the end of 1800, and is a magnificent example of the architectural style that made Horta, a Belgian architect, one of the most famous and acclaimed.

The Art Nouveau style was very popular in Europe, and especially in Brussels, between 1893 and 1918. The main features are the use of industrial materials such as steel and iron in the visible parts of the house and furniture, new decoration inspired by natural forms and the use of decorative mosaics on the facades of buildings. All these features are applied in the Horta Museum, where space is another great innovation introduced by the architect: all rooms in the house are built around a spacious central hall, with its beautiful glass ceiling from which comes much more natural lighting than that traditionally used in homes Belgian late nineteenth century.