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The grand piano by Pleyel

Google Arts & Culture

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Museum Vleeshuis in your home

The museum is closed for restoration, but we are always open online. Take a virtual tour of the museum, browse our collection from the comfort of your couch, listen to the sound of Museum Vleeshuis on Spotify and discover our engaging stories about the collection on Google Arts & Culture.

The sound of... the museum instruments

The musical instruments in our collection have often been used for recordings by both famous and less well-known musicians over the decades. Listen to a selection here.

The sound of... the Vleeshuis musicians

Some of the musicians we collaborate with are ambassadors of our playable instruments. In this playlist, you can hear them performing with other musicians.

The sound of... harpsichords

A playlist based on 17th- and 18th-century harpsichords from Antwerp. Listen here to recordings of instruments from our own and other collections.