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Museum Vleeshuis behind the scenes

The museum is temporarily closed for restoration. But, don't worry, you can still visit us with this virtual tour.

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.

Museum Vleeshuis on Spotify

Listen to our playlists

Museum Vleeshuis loves to bring music into your life, even now that we are closed for restoration. More than 20 playlists are waiting for you.

A listed building

The history of the Vleeshuis goes back five hundred years – well into the Middle Ages. Until after the French Revolution the Antwerp meat cutters, the oldest trade in the city, used it as their base. As well as using the building as a guildhall, they also used the listed building as a location to sell their meat.

TorenTunes

A small exhibition about grand sounds

In the mini-exhibition TorenTunes, you can see some items from the museum's special music collection and learn everything there is to know about Antwerp Cathedral Tower and its carillon.

Collection

Museum Vleeshuis displays musical instruments, craftsmanship and traditions from 800 years of musical life in Antwerp and Flanders. The museum collection comes to life in concerts, tours and workshops.

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.

Carillon Concerts

Sound in the city? That must be the carillon!

Our city carillonneurs Koen Van Assche and Liesbeth Janssens play the carillon throughout the year. In this way, they keep the tradition alive. 

Museum Vleeshuis

The Sound of the City

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