Schools

The museum welcomes school groups from primary level upwards. There is suitable provision for all levels and types of education, and visits are tailor-made to meet every teacher’s expectations. There are also educational resources to prepare for or accompany the visit.

Guided tours can be booked for between 10 and 25 persons maximum per guide.

Primary education

Guided tours with games booklet

The museum offers young pupils (from year 3) the chance to go and explore its collections while they solve the mystery of the bank’s strongbox. Accompanied by a guide and equipped with their game booklet, the junior detectives will have to perform several tasks in order to obtain the strongbox code... Available in French and Dutch, this tour promises to be exceptionally exciting and rewarding!

Participants : maximum 25 per guide Price: free

Duration: 1-1 ½ hours

Time slots: Monday to Friday at 09.00, 10.30, 13.30 and 15.00.

Booking is essential using the booking form

For more information, contact us on +32 2 221 22 06.

Visite guidée primaire
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Educational material

If you are a teacher wanting to prepare for your visit, go to our “Educational material” section where you will find a range of resources, including the game booklet used during your visit.

Educational material

Secondary and higher education

Guided tours

The museum invites students from all levels and types of education to take a guided tour suited to their studies. Available in French, Dutch or English, this guided tour aims to be as interactive as possible. During the booking, the teacher can choose what the main topic of the tour should be (economics, history or both combined). 

Participants: maximum 25 per guide 
Price: free
Duration: 1-1 ½ hours
Time slots: Monday to Friday at 09.00, 10.30, 13.30 and 15.00.

Booking is essential, using the booking form

For more information, contact us on +32 2 221 22 06.

© Patrick Van Den Branden

Self-guided tours

School groups can also visit the museum totally independently. The audio guides provided enable students to choose for themselves which parts of the museum they want to explore. Pupils can also be given a booklet (dealing with history or economics). For convenience, self-guided group tours are possible around lunchtime and are subject to advance booking free of charge using the booking form.

© Museum of the National Bank of Belgium

Educational material 

If you are a teacher wanting to prepare for your visit, go to our “Educational material” section where you will find a range of resources, including the game booklet used during your visit.

Educational material

Teachers’ seminar 

Every year the National Bank holds seminars for secondary level economics teachers.

The latest one took place on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 on the subject of “The economic repercussions of the coronavirus crisis”.   

Find out more 

Generation €uro Students’ Award

The European Central Bank and the national central banks of the euro area, including the National Bank of Belgium, run an annual competition for teams of students: the Generation €uro Students’ Award.

The aim of this competition is to give students an understanding of the fundamental principles of monetary policy and decisions on interest rates. That enables students to learn something about a large number of economic concepts and data and to link them together while building up many other skills such as team working, jointly constructing and defending an argument, or decoding statistics.

Would you and your class like to take part?    

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Generation Euro Students Award