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Museum Vleeshuis on Google Arts & Culture

How about a stroll through a musical painting? Or examine a harpsichord from the comfort of your seat? Peer between the strings of a piano? Thanks to Google Arts & Culture, you can discover the museum collection in a completely novel way.

On the Google Arts & Culture page of Museum Vleeshuis, discover hundreds of photos in crystal-clear resolution and explore every instrument or theme down to the smallest detail. Be surprised by fascinating stories, detailed close-ups of objects and paintings and new music recordings. You've never seen or heard our collection like this before!

Most recent story

Not just any bow

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Do you like the beautiful sound of a violin? Then you have the bow to thank for that, because without a bow there is no violin music.

Fryderyk Chopin

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Listen to one of Chopin's finest compositions and discover the musical possibilities of a Viennese fortepiano from Chopin's day.

Antwerp virginals and harpsichords

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In a double presentation, learn all about two keyboard instruments: a virginal by Joannes Couchet (1650) and a harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers (1646). 

A musical Sunday afternoon

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Dive into a musical painting by Louis Van Engelen and learn more about the painter and the Antwerp musical life of the late 19th century.

The grand piano by Pleyel

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Discover the story behind a grand piano by one of the most famous historical makers, his inextricable link to Antwerp, and the piano's restoration.

Wannes Van de Velde's writing den

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Meet singer, composer, author and visual artist Wannes Van de Velde (1937-2008) and step into his studio, which is part of the museum.

The music of Johannes Vermeer

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Discover the musical paintings of Johannes Vermeer with some of the instruments from his works, and how they must have sounded at the time.

Keep an eye on us

Keep an eye on our Google Arts & Culture page: we continually add new stories, photos and, of course, new music to the page. Google Arts & Culture is a unique collaboration between Google and hundreds of renowned museums around the world.