History museums in Antwerp

The MAS – Museum Aan de Stroom is housed in a tall building with a spiral tower of 62 meters high and offers a beautiful panorama of Antwerp. The museum brings art and heritage of the city, the ‘stroom’, the harbor and the world together. The MAS unites the following various collections: the former

The Red Star Line Museum is dedicated to the historic transatlantic migration from Europe to America, on the transport company Red Star Line and the transit port of Antwerp. The museum focuses on the stories of the Red Star Line passengers. Visitors travel with the passengers in the museum, as it we

Museum Plantin-Moretus is the only museum in the world that is on the Unesco World Heritage List. It is a combination of a patrician house from the 16th to 18th century, a printing company that was founded in 1550 and active until the 19th century, a collection of art and a collection of manuscripts

The Jesuits built the Baroque church of St. Charles Borromeo between 1615 and 1621. Rubens had an important share in the decoration of the facade and the crowning of the tower.The apse of the main altar, the Marian chapel and the sculptures and carvings still testify to the former splendor.

The Snijders&Rockoxhuis is an early-17th-century historic building. Nicolaas Rockox (1560 - 1640) bought the property in 1603. The museum is located on the ground floor which is a good example of 17th-century Flemish living culture. The collection includes furniture, sculpture, porcelain, pottery an

In the bunkers of Park den Brandt you can discover how during W.W.2 an important section of the enormous German Atlantikwall was commanded from them. Besides extensive information on the bunkers and Atlantikwall in general also the air war is given attention. Especially the technical aspects of the

Museum Vleeshuis is located in the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, a former guild house. The Museum focuses on 600 years of musical life in Antwerp. It highlights centuries of sound, music and dance. From ancient players, bells in the tower, music in theaters and opera, in churches, on kiosks and concert hall

The Stampe & Vertongen Museum is dedicated to the aviation pioneers Jean Stampe and Maurice Vertongen who founded their aircraft factory and flight school in Antwerp in 1923. Among other things, the museum displays the SV ("the Stampe"), the Antwerp biplane in which novice pilots received their firs

The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp is the largest Gothic church in the Low Countries. The cathedral is a treasure trove of various works of art by Rubens and others. Eye-catchers in the cathedral are Rubens' "Raising of the Cross" and "Descent from the Cross.

Literary Museum The Literary Museum preserves literary heritage and makes it available for scholarly research. The museum presents a contemporary story of two centuries of Flemish literature, in three periods: the 19th century, the interwar period and the period after 1950. Among others, Conscience

The Flemish Tram and Bus Museum is housed in the old streetcar shed built in 1912. It is dedicated to the history of transport by streetcar and bus. The collection consists of over 55 buses and streetcars, including a steam streetcar, Antwerp's first electric streetcar and the only surviving gyrobus

The Brouwershuis was built in the 16th century by noted architect Gilbert van Schoonbeke. It was never actually a brewery, but the breweries nearby were supplied with water from the Brouwershuis.

The Maagdenhuis Museum is housed in Antwerp's maagdenhuis, a former orphanage for girls from the 16th to 17th centuries. Among the items on display are foundling and orphan care, including samplers with cross-stitch decorations, a model of the foundling shuffle, foundling garments and other records.

In Museum Poorterswoning the visitor lands in the time of the Middle Ages. The private museum is housed in a building that dates back to 1533. Accompanied by a guide, the visitor experiences how the wealthy Antwerp burgher lived and lived.

Turninum Volksmuseum Deurne is housed in an old workers' home and a wagon smithy. The museum paints a picture of what life and work of the workman looked like in the early 20th century.

The National Museum and Archives of Customs and Excise highlights shady dealings at Belgium's (former) borders. The museum focuses on the operation of the services that acted against them: customs and excise.