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From guild house to music museum

Tour behind the scenes

From the cellar right up to the attic. Visit places in Museum Vleeshuis that museum visitors don’t usually have access to.

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Visiting the museum with a group

During this time, we must do everything we can to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 and to protect risk groups. Therefore, group visits and guided tours are temporarily unavailable.

Museum Vleeshuis

The Sound of the City

Six hundred years of music and dance in the city

Practical information concerning Coronavirus

When can you visit the Vleeshuis Museum? What is the best way to get to us? How much does a visit cost? And how can you enjoy a safe visit to the museum in these times? All the practical information is listed here for you.

What is there to see?

Museum Vleeshuis looks back at six hundred years of music and dance in the city. You will be immersed in the stories of musicians, shown how musical instruments are made, taken to the first balls and opera performances…and especially enjoy many beautiful sounds.

Activities

Individual or group visit to the museum

Are you planning to visit Museum Vleeshuis? You are welcome! Check out our offers below. 

The monument

The story of the Vleeshuis begins more than 500 years ago. For more than three centuries, the Vleeshuis served as the trade centre of the Antwerp butchers’ guild. After the French Revolution, painters, opera singers and wine merchants made use of the monument. Today the Vleeshuis houses a collection of almost 4000 music objects. 

The carillon is back!

After 3 years, the tower carillon can be played again. The restoration of the tower is not yet complete, but the bells of the carillon have been unpacked and overhauled in the meantime. Our city carillonneurs, Liesbeth Janssens and Koen Van Assche, are eager to regale you with heavenly carillon music once more.