Van Buuren Museum & Gardens
| Van Buuren Museum & Gardens | |
|---|---|
View of the Van Buuren Museum from the garden | |
| Alternative names | Van Buuren House |
| General information | |
| Type | Private house |
| Architectural style | |
| Address | Avenue Léo Errera / Léo Erreralaan 41 |
| Town or city | 1180 Uccle, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°48′36.18″N 4°21′13.73″E / 50.8100500°N 4.3538139°E |
| Construction started | 1924 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Renovated | 2012, 2013 |
| Client | David and Alice Van Buuren |
| Owner | David and Alice Van Buuren foundation |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
The Van Buuren Museum & Gardens (French: Musée & Jardins van Buuren; Dutch: Van Buuren Museum & Tuinen) are a former private house with extensive gardens, now a museum and park in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
The house was built from 1924 to 1928, in the Amsterdam School style, for the banker and art collector David Van Buuren and his wife Alice Piette. It was decorated by both of them as a Gesamtkunstwerk to present their art collection, which extends from the 15th to the 20th century, in a rich Art Deco interior. The house is surrounded by gardens designed by the landscape architects Jules Buyssens in 1924 and René Pechère in 1968–1970.
The private house became a museum in 1975 according to Alice Van Buuren's will. It was declared a National Heritage Site in 2001.