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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
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Address: Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Leopold de Waelplaats 2, Antwerp
A neoclassical building from the late 1800s houses this museum and its impressive collection of Flemish masters. Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts has more Rubens – including the spectacular "Adoration of the Magi" and a marble entry hall decorated with the master's frescoes – than any other museum in the world. The ground floor exhibits modern...
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Address: Minderbroedersstraat 22, Antwerp
This facility was founded in 1912 to protect documents created by, and associated with, Hendrik Conscience, an influential Old Flemish writer. However the museum's emphasis soon shifted to protecting documents that chart all of Flanders' literary history. (Through the years, Flemish music and history have been added to the roster.) Photos,...
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Address: Middelheimlaan 61, Antwerp
Antwerp is quite proud of this excellent, open-air sculpture museum, which premiered in 1950 and occupies land purchased by the city in 1910. Three hundred works are arranged by date, beginning with Rodin. A walk through them not only offers a wonderful overview of modern and contemporary Western sculpture but provides a great way to appreciate...
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Address: Lange Gasthuisstraat 19, Antwerp
Mayer van den Bergh, a 19th-century art connoisseur with an impeccable eye for quality, collected more than 4,000 works during his lifetime. His treasures include bronze figures, tapestries, 12th-century sculpture, ornate silverware, and most famously, "Mad Meg," Pieter Brueghel the Elder's greatest painting. After his death, van den Bergh's...
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
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Address: Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerp
Closed for renovations until September 2009. "Avant-garde" is the term most often used to describe this museum's setting and its collection. The Museum of Contemporary Art has been in operation – in a former storage silo and warehouse – since 1987. Roughly 43,000 square feet of exhibit space is dedicated to works in a variety of media, dating from...
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Address: Vrijdagmarkt 22, Antwerp
This museum, both a home and a shop, validates the important place the Plantin family holds in the history of printing. In fact, the facility's priceless archives and printing presses hold world heritage status. In the late 1500s, Christoffle Plantin's company was incredibly successful, and in later years, its status was raised even higher under...
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Address: Koningin Astridplein 19-23, Antwerp B-2018
A few facts first: 1) Roughly 85% of the world's uncut diamonds pass through Antwerp. 2) Twelve thousand cutters and polishers work in the city's 380 workshops. 3) Over 25 million carats are cut and traded in Antwerp annually – more than anywhere else in the world. With this information in mind, visit the Diamond Museum for even more details about...
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Address: Vleeshouwersstraat 38-40, Antwerp
Antwerp's oldest public building is the Butcher's Hall, whose layered red-brick and stone construction recalls the marbled appearance of a piece of meat. Originally, the guild hall was the city's only sanctioned site for meat sales, and it included a chapel, banquet hall, kitchen and meeting room. Today, the building houses a museum showcasing...
