All profession & craft museums to visit in Antwerp

Discover the skills and trades that have shaped societies at 6 profession and craft museums in Antwerp. These museums highlight the history and techniques of various professions and crafts.

Are you interested in the art of craftsmanship? These are the must-visit profession and craft museums in Antwerp:

  1. Plantin-Moretus Museum1

    Plantin-Moretus Museum

     Antwerp
    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
  2. De Koninck Brewery2

    De Koninck Brewery

     Antwerp
  3. Museum Vleeshuis3

    Museum Vleeshuis

     Antwerp
    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
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    Turninum Volksmuseum Deurne

     Deurne
    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.
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    Nationaal Museum en Archief van Douane en Accijnzen

     Antwerp
    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.
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    Politiemuseum Oudaan

     Antwerp
    Politiemuseum Oudaan has a collection of objects related to the Antwerp municipal police from 1860 onward.