The Lace Center Museum or Kantcentrum preserves and promotes the traditional art of lace making in Bruges. The entrance to the center is next to the landmark Jerusalem Church in the city.
The Flemish artisans of Bruges and Ghent developed the art of making lace by hand in Europe. The center was established by the Sisters Apostoline in Bruges. It was popularized by Queen Joan of Navarre who promoted lace making in France after a visit to Bruges and Ghent. The center is a combination of a workshop, museum and store. The ancient art that has been handed down from generation to generation is taught to locals and visitors at the workshop.
The Kantcentrum museum is dedicated to the history of lace making in Belgium. The permanent exhibition displays a variety of lace and explains the technique behind their creation. Specialty laces made here are the Rozenkant, Bloemenwerk and Toversesteek. Between 2 pm and 5 pm on weekdays, tourists are taught to make lace at the workshop. The gift shop sells souvenirs like postcards depicting the craft of lace making or lace patterns and designs, doilies, handkerchiefs and wine cozies for visitors to take home as mementoes of their lace and lace making experience in Bruges.

The De Gouden Boom Brewery Museum was opened by one of the best known beer companies in Bruges. It is housed in a functioning malt house where beer is still brewed.
The De Gouden Boom brewery dates back to 1577 and opened as a small inn called the Hamerken or Hammer. It was named after the De Gouden Boom jousting tournament that takes place in Bruges every five years. The first tournament took place as part of the celebrations of the marriage of Duke Charles the Bold and Margaret of York in 1478. De Gouden Boom means tree with a gilded trunk which is also the motif of the brewery. Today, it belongs to the Vanneste family and makes four products, a wit beer called the Bruges Tarwebier, the Brugse Tripel and two abbey beers called SteenBruges Dubbel and SteenBruges Tripel .
The De Gouden Boom brewery museum is housed in two rooms in the upper part of the malt house. The entrance is separate from the brewery and it is open for public viewing from May to October. Exhibits on display include a variety of early and recent bottling machines, bottler capping machines, beer trays, barrels, barrel making equipment, wooden shoes worn by workers and portraits of the Vanneste family. A separate beer tasting room is also located next to the museum for visitors to sample the fine products offered by the brewery.

The lamp Museum in Bruges also called the Lumina Domestica is dedicated to showing man’s journey from darkness to light. It has the largest collection of lamps in the world.
The Lamp Museum has over 6500 lamps and is popular among children and adult visitors. Displays at the museum trace the history of lighting from the Stone Age to the recent LED lights. A video about the history of lamps is screened to explain the exhibits better. Visitors are welcomed by the genie from Aladdin’s oil lamp. The Museum is the most complete repository featuring 40,000 years of the evolution of lighting in the world.
The Lamp Museum consists of an array of different types of lights. Visitors can see lights from the stone Magdaleense lamp to the modern incandescent lamps. There is also a gift shop with different types of lamps for sale. The shop also has books on lighting including an interesting one about the history of lamps in general and electric lighting in particular. The museum stays open on all days of the week between 10.00 am and 5.00 p.m. It is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. It is also closed for maintenance on the 2nd and 3rd weeks of January every year.

The Choco Story is a deliciously informative museum located in a historic building in Bruges. It is dedicated to informing visitors about all aspects of chocolate.
The Chocolate Museum is located in the historic Huis ‘de Crone’ on Sint-Jansplein in Bruges. The building was a wine tavern in the 1500s. It subsequently served as a bakery and later, in the 1900s, became a furniture factory. Today, it is the most popular museum in the city among visitors of all ages. Visitors can also view chocolate being freshly made right there on the site.
The Chocolate Museum takes visitors through the history and development of chocolate, from its first use by the Mayas and Aztecs of Central America to the arrival in Europe and evolution of the different confectioneries that are popular today. There is a special section about the development of Belgian chocolate, including the well known Belgian Praline, and another section, devoted to the health benefits of chocolate. The museum shop sells different types of chocolate confectionery and books about cocoa and chocolate making. The Museum stays open every day from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm, except on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. It remains closed in the last two weeks of January.

The Friet Museum in Brugge is housed in the Saaihalle. The museum, which opened in May 2008, is the first and only museum in the world that shows the history of the potato, from its origin to the first chips. The museum contains a collection of machines that were used for processing, harvesting, peeling, sorting, frying and baking potatoes. The Friet Museum comprises three parts: the potato history, the fries, and the taste of fries. In the first room, the production of potato is shown. The history began over 10,000 years ago in Peru. The museum shows how the wild potato plant was cultivated and how the potato came from Peru to Europe. The second section explains the origin of fries. You will see an explanation of the origin of the sauce, walk through a fry shop, and get an overview of the fries in art and comics.

The Diamond Museum is located in the heart of Bruges. The art of diamond polishing was invented in the city. The Museum is dedicated to informing visitors about every aspect of diamonds and diamond jewelry.
The Diamond Museum was inaugurated in 1999. According to the historian, Ludo Vandamme, diamonds were polished and traded in Bruges as early as the 14th century, long before they became an important industry in Antwerp and Amsterdam. The museum is a teaching facility and offers special diamond polishing shows for schools and visitors. The museum shop sells different types of diamond souvenirs and diamond related books.
The permanent collection of the museum explains the role played by the precious stone in history, with a special focus on its evolution under the Dukes of Burgundy. There is a section dedicated to the development of the industrial diamond and its importance in manufacturing processes. A robot, called Boris, makes diamonds out of graphite in a few minutes and is a popular exhibit at the museum. Other displays include one of the best collections of diamond cutting tools in the world, interesting diamonds and diamond jewelry, the Brazilian collection and the displays of synthetic and industrial diamonds. The Museum also hosts temporary exhibitions, like the 2009 show about the social history of diamond polishers in Bruges and the exhibition dedicated to the history of the diamond jewelry in 2008.

This museum is dedicated to the process of making one of the best known brands of beer brewed in Bruges. The De Halve Maan Brewery is an old family owned business located in the heart of the city.
The De Halve Maan or Half Moon brewery was started in the year 1564. At the time it was called Die Maene or The Moon. It was purchased by Leon Maes in 1856. The brewery still belongs to his descendants. Over the years, the family has adopted innovative and advanced methods of brewing to ensure that the finest products are sold to customers. Today, a daily tour is conducted showing visitors the brewing process, beer making utensils and implements and concludes with a beer tasting session.
Only a portion of the beer making process takes place at the De Halve Maan Brewery today. The building is used as a part brewery and part museum. Visitors can purchase tickets at the restaurant attached to the museum and join the 45 minute tour around the building. Guides explain the process of beer making and there are many interesting exhibits like barrels, tools and machines used by the brewery in the past. The tour ends at the roof of the building that commands spectacular views across Bruges. A full glass of Bruges Zot beer, a specialty product of the brewery, the price of which is included in the ticket, is provided to visitors at the end of the tour.