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A musical Sunday afternoon

Google Arts & Culture

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 music of Johannes Vermeer

Google Arts & Culture

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

Not just any bow

Google Arts & Culture

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

Google Arts & Culture

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

Wannes Van de Velde's writing den

Google Arts & Culture

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 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.

The sound of... Plantin

Museum Plantin-Moretus presents: a musical walk through the life of Christophe Plantin. You'll hear music published by him or his Antwerp colleagues between 1550 and 1700.

The sound of... the Rubens dance hall

The painting "Shrove Tuesday in the Rubens Dance Hall" exudes music. Discover in this playlist what a ball must have sounded like around 1890 in this infamous dance hall.