The museum has a collection of some 46,000 works, which range from late-Gothic paintings and sculptures to 16th century local artists such as Jan Rombouts the Elder and Josse van der Baren to 19th-century paintings and sculptures by various Flemish masters including Constantin Meunier, Jef Lambeaux and George Minne.
About one century later, the collection was moved to the former private residence of the mayor Leopold Vander Kelen in the historic center of Leuven.
[3] Before it was opened in 2009, the M Museum building was renovated after a design by Belgian architect Stéphane Beel.
The M collection includes masterpieces by Dirk Bouts, Rogier van der Weyden, Constantin Meunier, Jef Lambeaux and others.
M is also a platform for discovering contemporary art as the collection includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, film and architecture.