[2][3][4][5] The first tram depot at this location dates back to 1897 and was built as part of the International Exposition of 1897.

[7][6] At that time, a tramway line was drawn along the newly constructed Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan to connect the two sites of the exhibition: the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark and the Palace of the Colonies, today's Royal Museum for Central Africa, in the suburb of Tervuren.

This line was originally narrow gauge, so the depot consisted of only a small maintenance shed with an administrative annex.

The museum has a collection of around 130 vehicles (including trams, trailers, buses and trolleybuses)—all owned by STIB/MIVB—which, over the course of 150 years, have operated public transport in Brussels or, in the form of work wagons, helped support it.

[9] In 1988, the museum trialled vintage tram rides round the city on several Sundays in Summer.

[10] The response was very successful and trips now take place on Saturdays and Sundays in Summer using both trams and buses.