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Mother Language Day 2025

Studenten van Sint Lucas Antwerpen werkten met artistieke nieuwkomers van Stadscanvas aan een community poem. De resultaten worden op 21 februari gedrukt op de replica-pers in het Museum Plantin-Moretus. 's Avonds kan je lezingen bijwonen.

100% admiration, 50% discount

Combine a visit to the KMSKA with a visit to the Museum Plantin-Moretus

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) is opening its doors once again and we are celebrating this with a special ticket offer! Buy a ticket to visit KMSKA and get 50% off your visit to Museum Plantin-Moretus.

de oude drukkerij in het Museum Plantin-Moretus

The Museum Plantin-Moretus, a UNESCO World Heritage site

On Google Arts & Culture

Did you know that the Museum Plantin-Moretus was the first museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list? Visit the museum online on Google Arts & Culture.

Travelling expo: Japanese Woodcut

In this mini-exhibition, storyteller Mokuhanga Magic highlights the craftsmanship of the Japanese woodcut.

Two international researchers get travel grant to Antwerp (2024-2025)

For the fifth time already, two foreign researchers will receive a travel grant to come to Antwerp for their research on the history of the printed book.

Women’s business/Businesswomen

9 generations of stories in publishing house and home

In the Plantin-Moretus family, women most definitely stood alongside their husbands, and not behind them. From the 13th of September onward, the museum will uncover 300 years of stories from women in this house. Stories that urgently need to be told. About daughters who corrected proofs from an early age. About maids and ladies. About women who not only climbed the social ladders, but made the ladders too. Men are also welcome.

Abraham Ortelius en een pagina uit de atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'

Putting Ortelius on the map

A collaborative project to highlight Ortelius' achievements

In 2027, Museum Plantin-Moretus will celebrate the figure of Abraham Ortelius. To mark his 500th anniversary, a dynamic network of cultural institutions are collaborating on a multi-faceted project that will illuminate Ortelius' contributions to the world of maps, geography, and intellectual history.

The double instrument

in the Large Drawing Room

In the Large Drawing Room, visitors can find a rare double instrument on which both virginal and harpsichord can be played. Listen to how the instrument sounds.

The essence of a Typographer

Niclaes Mollijns: Antwerp-Riga

This guest exhibition by the National Library of Latvia brings together books printed by the first publisher to print books in Riga (Latvia): Niclaes Mollijns (c. 1550–1625). He was born in Antwerp as the son of Jan I Mollijns, an established woodcutter and publisher. Before he moved to Riga in the 1580s, Niclaes worked as an apprentice in the printing office of Christophe Plantin.

Prent van een gevleugelde doodskop die boven een aantal getekende figuren uitsteekt

Ensor's States of Imagination

How did Ensor make prints? What techniques did he use? In what ways did he experiment with this medium and from which old masters did he draw his inspiration? Find out the answers in this exhibition.

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