Museums

 

Antwerp can rightfully pride itself on its rich, historic past with world famous artists such as Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens and Brueghel. Through the centuries the city has managed to develop a rich and unique, valuable cultural heritage. The city’s museums and historic churches are treasuries in which many of these riches are preserved and on display. And even today Antwerp has a sparkling cultural and artistique life.

 

Rubenshuis

On the Wapper, a square branching off the Meir to the south, is one of Antwerp's main tourist attractions, Rubenshuis, the former home and studio of the famed Belgian artist formerly known as Pieter Paul Rubens. This artist's home with the features of a palazzo is unequalled. The life of this great baroque painter unfolds before your eyes and enables you to discover his multifaceted talent.

 

Rubenshuis

Wapper 9-11

2000 Antwerp

 

Royal Museum of Fine Arts

Antwerp has a wealth of museums and galleries that collectively form a historic panorama of the changing moods of this city. In the district of Het Zuid (usually shortened to 't Zuid and meaning 'the south') is Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Museum of Fine Arts). The awesome collection of paintings affixed to the walls of this striking neoclassical building dates from the 14th century right up to contemporary times. It includes masterworks from the 15th-century Flemish likes of Jan Van Eyck and Rogier Van der Weyden, from 17th-century exponents of baroque like Rubens and Antoon Van Dyck, and from more recent creative types like James Ensor, Constant Permeke and surrealist René Magritte.

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen

Leopold De Waelplaats

B-2000 Antwerp

Museum Mayer van den Bergh
The more than 3,000 art objects once belonged to art collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (+1901). The collection includes masterpieces such as the Dulle Griet or Mad Meg by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the Christ and St. John Group and the Breviary Mayer van den Bergh; all are milestones in the history of art. This museum comprises exceptional works of great importance in almost all arts.

 

Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Lange Gasthuisstraat 19
2000 Antwerpen

Diamond Museum
The museum offers visitors a multimedia experience, features magical pieces in its collection and shows the technology used today to produce the world’s most coveted valuable.

 

Diamantmuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Koningin Astridplein 19-23
2018 Antwerpen

Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp
The building and the collection, which of course is constantly being added to, belongs to the Flemish Community. Moreover, the museum has the Matta-Clark Foundation collection in its possession for an indeterminate period of time, which consists of more than 150 works by Belgian and international artists. A number of temporary exhibitions are mounted each year.

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
Leuvenstraat 32
2000 Antwerpen