FAMILY
Want to dive into the captivating universe that is the creative world of design, all the while discovering the richness and diversity of the museum’s collections and exhibitions? Are you looking for an activity to do with your friends and/or family combining creativity, imagination and discovery? Your birthday is coming up and you are looking for an original way of celebrating it? Don’t look any further! The pedagogical and mediation team has prepared a series of interesting courses and activities for budding future designers, in which everyone will find something to their liking.
You can find our activities aimed at awakening everyone’s creativity and artistic talents below.
WORKSHOPS
School holidays | Ages 8-12
During the school holidays, the museum’s pedagogical and mediation team offers workshops to children aged 8 to 12 combining a creative, active and multidisciplinary approach. Let yourself be inspired by the themes covered in these workshops and allow your creative spirit to reveal itself!
Our next workshops:
- Little Designers of Antiquity (Ages 8–12)
04.05.2026 > 08.05.2026
From famous vases to majestic cities, from amphitheaters to jewelry… The Greeks and Romans created objects and buildings that still fascinate us today! During this workshop’s week, we will travel back in time to explore these civilisations: their ideas, their gods, and especially their way of building and imagining the world.
Then it’s time to create! You’ll design your own columns, imagine a futuristic amphitheater, or even reinvent Caesar’s house in Brussels! We will explore the city in search of traces of Antiquity around us. Ready to travel through time? Come to the Design Museum Brussels and let yourself be inspired to invent your own version of the ancient world!
Themes: mythology, Roman Empire, Greek Empire, architecture, design, theater, ornament
Objectives: Awaken and stimulate children’s creativity by introducing them to different creative techniques; Develop imagination and a personal aesthetic vision; Complete a project from A to Z.
- Archikids. Let’s build the city of tomorrow! (Ages 8-12)
06.07.2026 > 10.07.2026
From Brussels’ townhouses to its colourful rows of buildings and surprising façades, buildings tell stories. During this workshop, we will discover how people live in the city today and imagine how we could transform it.
Then we put on our architect’s hat and imagine and draw our own building: where should the windows go? How can we bring in the light? What rooms could we invent? What will the façade look like? We will build models, create collages and experiment with artistic techniques to bring our ideas to life. Ready to build the city of the future?
Themes: architecture, city, future, 3D
Objectives: develop children’s creativity, their sense of observation, and their understanding of space and the city.
- Weaving Brussels: textile creation between history and imagination (Ages 8-12)
17.08.2026 > 21.08.2026
From colourful threads to soft fabrics and patterns from around the world, textiles are everywhere around us! During this week, we will discover how a simple thread can become a fabric, and then a useful or decorative object.
Let’s experiment! We will play with colours, materials and thicknesses to create our own pieces. We will learn to weave and sew our own pouches, pencil cases, rugs or even poufs. We will also explore Brussels’ textile history and travel around the world to discover how cultures tell their stories through textiles and patterns. Ready to transform threads into unique creations?
Themes: textile design, weaving, experimentation, history
Objectives: introduce children to weaving and sewing techniques, create their own objects, and stimulate creativity.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Address: Design Museum Brussels, Place de Belgique – Belgiëplein 1 – 1020 Brussels
Age: 8–12 years
Hours: 9am-4pm
Daycare: 8am-9am and 4pm-5.30pm
Language: French
Price: Full rate: €80; Preferential rate (resident of the City of Brussels): €20; Social rate: €5
In collaboration with Jeunesse à Bruxelles.
YOUR BIRTHDAY AT THE MUSEUM
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday | 6-12y
Is it your birthday soon? Come celebrate it at the museum with your friends! Invite them along and spend an unforgettable afternoon together! Alongside a guide, discover our permanent exhibition the Plastic Design Collection in a fun and creative way, as well as hundreds of colourful and whimsically shaped objects. Then, don your costume of designer and roll back your sleeves for the workshop where creativity and fun are guaranteed. After the workshop you can eat your cake and open your presents!
You will not only leave the museum with great memories, but also with your own creation.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Maximum 15 children + 1 accompanying parent
- Length: 3 hours
- Price: 250€
- The price includes: entry to the museum, the visit and the workshop, the room for the celebrations, the crockery, the cutlery, the water and the syrup
- The price does not include: the cake, the candles and the presents (those are for you to bring along)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Reservation and payment are obligatory a minimum of 3 weeks before the date of the birthday (Ref.: the child’s name + date of the birthday)
- The activity can be cancelled up to 10 days before the date of the birthday without any additional costs. After this, the museum will ask for a full reimbursement, unless a medical certificate is provided.
ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME
Are you looking for ideas to occupy your little designers? We might have exactly what you are looking for. Learn to make plastic from organic materials, design your own chair or create your own punktastic fanzine with the help of the tutorials below.
These activities do not only entertain your budding designers but also make them aware of important concepts such as sustainability, creativity and personal expression.