ANTWERP'S TWELVE MOST INTERESTING
MUSEUMS
AND HISTORICAL CHURCHES (not in order of importance...) |
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Because of the FAQ what museums/churches should be visited on a trip to Antwerp, we decided to include the list below, which should be clear enough. If you want to see where exactly it is: click on the map! | |||
Nr.
(map) |
MUSEUM/ CHURCH | SHOWS WHAT? | Built
(cent) |
ADDRESS |
1 | Old Castle
("Steen") |
All about ships | 12th-
19th |
Steenplein 1 |
2 | Butchers' Hall | Crafts.
Old musical instruments. |
16th | Vleeshouwersstraat 38 |
3 | Plantin-Moretus | Printing. Rich interior. | 16th-
18th |
Vrijdagmarkt 22 |
4 | Rockox' House | Antwerp baroque art | 17th-
18th |
Keizerstraat 10 |
5 | Rubens' House | Antwerp baroque art | 17th | Wapper 9-11 |
6 | Mayer-vandenBergh | Art from Middle Ages till Baroque. | 19th | Lange Gasthuisstraat 19 |
7 | Diamond museum (Dutch text only) |
All about diamonds | 20th | Kon.Astridplein 19-23 |
8 | Museum of Fine Arts | Antwerp renaissance/ baroque/ 19th century art. | 19th | Leopold de Waelplaats |
9 | Middelheim (Park) | 250 modern sculptures (1880-1980) in open air. | 20th | Middelheimlaan |
10 | Our Lady's Cathedral | Gothic architecture, rich baroque/ roccoco art | 14th-
16th |
Handschoenmarkt |
11 | St Charles Borromeus | Jesuits' baroque architecture, rich interior | 17th | Hendrik Conscienceplein 12 |
12 | St James Church | Gothic architecture, rich baroque interior | 16th-
17th |
Sint-Jacobsstraat |