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Different museums can be visited here. The most important one is the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (Musée des Beaux Arts) designed by the leading Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta at the beginning of the 20th century. It was built to house the private painting collection of the Brussels trader Henri Van Cutsem. Especially  19th and 20th century painting is well represented (amongst others with work from Edouard Manet). Other important museums are : the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, the MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS and the MUSEUM OF TAPESTRY AND CLOTH ART (Tournai was, together with Brussels, one of the leading cities for wall tapestry weaving between the 16th and 18th century).

After a visit of the Cathedral of Tournai, one can enjoy the other beauties from the past of this special city. Standing close to the cathedral is the BELFRY tower, which is the oldest of its kind in Belgium (72 m high and built in 1187).

In most medieval cities of Belgium a Belfry tower can be seen. These towers contained treasure rooms in which the important documents of the city were preserved. They also fulfilled the function of watchtowers to control the city. Around the Grand'Place (or Market square) several beautiful facades can be seen (most of them were renovated after the destruction during the Second World War. One of these facades belongs to the old CLOTH HALL, medieval center of the very important cloth trade.

Tournai boasts several medieval churches. To name but a few: the SAINT QUENTIN church, the SAINT-JACQUES church and the SAINTE MARGUERITE church.

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