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ANTWERP MUSEUMS

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810. The neoclassical building housing the collection is one of the primary landmarks of the Zuid district of Antwerp. The museum houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. This collection is representative of the artistic production and the taste of art enthusiasts in Antwerp, Belgium and the Northern and Southern Netherlands since the 15th century. The museum is open every day from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m, except for Mondays and December 25th, and January 1st.

For more information and enquiries please contact Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA), Leopold De Waelplaats, Tel: +32 (0)32 42 04 16,
E-mail: publiekswerking@kmska.be

The entrance to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts
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The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium honouring the famous printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus. It is situated in their former residence and printing establishment, Plantin Press, at the Friday Market. Now preserving typographic material, a library, art objects and an impressive graphic collection, the museum gives an overview of book printing from the 15th until the 18th century and owns the world's oldest printing press from around 1600. The stately town house also boasts period rooms, decorated with tapestries, gilt leather and paintings including a Rubens, sculptures, earthenware and porcelain. Since 2005 it is part of UNESCO world heritage. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 - 17.30 and it is closed on January 1st and 2nd, May 1st, Ascension Day, December 25th and 26th

For more information and enquiries please contact Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Vrijdagmarkt 22-23, 2000 Antwerpen, Tel: 91 774 10 00,
E-mail: cprentenkabinet@stad.antwerpen.be

One of the print rooms in the Plantin-Moretus Museum

MoMu has an imressive collection of 25,000 fashion-related items, bridging the catwalk between yesterday and today's fashion trends. The permanent collection opens up like a book of creativity showcasing craftsmanship, contemporary clothing, embroidery, fabrics and sewing tools. MoMu succeeds to surprise visitors time and again in the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions with its creative use of space and mind blowing techniques for designing exhibitions.

For more information please contact at ModeMuseum (MoMu), Nationalestraat 28, Tel: +32 (0)3 470 27 70, E-mail: info@momu.be

Fashion Museum (MoMu)

The museum and the surrounding open-air art offers an insight into the history of sculpture, starting with Rodin up to the present. In 1950, the city of Antwerp organized a successful international open-air sculpture exhibition in Middelheim Park. As a result, the expansive park became a permanent venue for creative beauty in the form of sculptures. After 50 years of collecting, the park now prides itself with an impressive collection of modern sculptures. Next to the permanent collection, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions twice a year. The Middelheim Museum offers tailored programmes suited to an individual or group visit.

For more information and enquiries please contact Middelheimmuseum (-park), Middelheimlaan 61, 2020 Antwerp, Tel: +32 (0)3 827 15 34, E-mail: middelheimmuseum@stad.antwerpen.be

Middelheim Museum

Caroline & Maurice Verbaet Art Collection
Maurice Verbaet Center

Maurice and Caroline Verbaet started collecting art together in 1989. The Maurice Verbaet Center provides an overview of postwar Belgian art, by highlighting some of the milestones or by focusing on a few selected individuals.

The past three years the Maurice Verbaet Center has created different exhibitions in Belgium and abroad.

For more information and enquiries please contact: WAW Building, Mechelsesteenweg 64A, 2018 Antwerpen, admin@verbaet.com