Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Napoleon Bonaparte ya kafa gidan kayan gargajiya a 1801 kuma an buɗe shi a 1803 a matsayin Gidan Tarihi na Fine Arts a Brussels (). Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Belgium
, gidan kayan gargajiya, wanda ya kasance na Birnin Brussels, an ba da shi ga jihar Belgium. A cikin 1845, an yanke shawara, ta Dokar Sarauta, cewa gidan kayan gargajiya ya karɓi ayyukan fasaha na marigayi da masu zane-zane na Belgium. An kafa kwamitin kasa don zaɓar manyan ayyukan fasaha. Shugaban farko na hukumar shi ne Count de Beaufort. Sauran mambobi sune: