The best museums in Antwerp

Discover our favorite museums in Antwerp

With such an extensive offer, chances are you may feel a bit overwhelmed and not know which museums in Antwerp could be interesting for you. Therefore, we share below our selection of attractive museums.

DIVA Diamond Museum Antwerp

In this enchanting diamond museum, fictional radio plays take you on a journey through the Antwerp diamond story. Prepare yourself for stories, emotions, craftsmanship and staging!

Extra City Art Hall

This museum focuses on contemporary art. Together with several partners, it organizes fun solo projects, thematic group exhibitions and a complementary program of lectures, debates and film projections.

FOMU - Antwerp Museum of Photography

Are you interested in photography? Then FOMU is for you! It offers exclusive collections of photo books, equipment and photo. It also organizes exhibitions that will make your artistic heart beat faster.

Letterenhuis

From old books and letters to manuscripts, photographs, book bindings and portraits ... This literary museum cares for the literary heritage and brings a modern story of two centuries of Flemish literature.

Middelheim Museum

In The House, The Park, The Castle and The Braem Pavilion of this open-air museum you can admire more than 400 modern and contemporary creations by Franz West, Rik Wouters, Wim Delvoye and Jean Arp, among others.

MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp

This museum is entirely dedicated to fashion and includes a collection of more than 25,000 old and modern items. It does not present a permanent display of its own collection, but organizes a new exhibition every six months.

MUHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) features a collection of photographs, video, paintings, sculptures and installations on the upper floor. On the first floor, a temporary exhibition is organized every three months.

Museum Vleeshuis

This former guildhall is all about dance, sound and music. There is even a dance hall with a real organ where you can discover dance fashions from the early 19th century to the present.

Rubens House

The Rubens House was once the home of Peter Paul Rubens. In this renovated building you can admire not only his works, but also those of contemporaries and pupils. You will be immersed in the life of the greatest painter Flanders has ever known.

Museum Plantin Moretus

The Plantin Moretus Museum offers a combination of a patrician residence from the 16th to 18th centuries, a printing company founded around 1550 and a collection of art, books and manuscripts. It is the only museum in the world on UNESCO's World Heritage List!

Museum De Reede

This private museum focuses on the work of three graphic artists: Edvard Munch, Félicien Rops and Francisco Goya. It also hosts regular temporary exhibitions.

Red Star Line Museum

Want to learn more about the historic transatlantic migration from Europe to the Americas? In this formidable museum you will travel together with migrants from all corners of Europe via Antwerp to America. A unique adventure!

Museum Aan de Stroom

Located in a stack house with a 62-meter-high spiral tower, the MAS offers a combination of art and heritage across different collections. Moreover, the top floor offers a panoramic view of Antwerp.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts

Finally, you can visit this art history museum, the largest and most important under the tutelage of the Flemish Community.

Buy your tickets online

Do you know which museums you want to visit during your stay in Antwerp? Then be sure to take a look at the various websites if you want more practical info. To avoid possible queues at the entrance, we also recommend that you book your ticket online in advance. That way you can count on a pleasant experience in this dazzling city!

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