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


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