Museum Plantin-Moretus

The Plantin–Moretus Museum is a museum in , which showcases the history of printing in Antwerp and the prominent role played in that history by the family of printers founded by Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Museum Plantin-Moretus Antwerp”, “Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp”, and “Plantin–Moretus Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of Our Lady and ModeMuseum Antwerpen.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been fully completed. is situated 310 metres northeast of Museum Plantin-Moretus.

Museum
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MoMu is the fashion museum of the City of , and collects, conserves, studies and exhibits the largest collection of historical and contemporary designer fashion in Belgium, and holds the largest collection of Belgian fashion in the world. is situated 150 metres southeast of Museum Plantin-Moretus.

Town hall
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The City Hall of , , stands on the western side of that city's Grote Markt. Erected between 1561 and 1565, after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences. is situated 340 metres north of Museum Plantin-Moretus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schipperskwartier and Universiteitsbuurt.

Quarter
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is a historic neighbourhood in the city of , Belgium, known primarily as the city's red-light district. The district is located close to the old port and north of the historic centre of Antwerp.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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is an area in the city of , on the left bank of the river. Historically it was a neighbourhood which belonged to , but on 19 March 1923, it was attached to Antwerp.

Museum Plantin-Moretus

Latitude
51.2183° or 51° 13′ 6″ north
Longitude
4.39812° or 4° 23′ 53″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9F36699X+86
Geo­Names ID
7911157
Wiki­data ID
Q595802
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Museum Plantin-Moretus” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պլանտեն Մորետուսի թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Plantin-Moretus museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей Плантэна-Марэцюса”
  • Bulgarian: “Плантен-Моретус”
  • Catalan: “Casa taller museu Plantin-Moretus”
  • Chinese: “普朗坦-莫雷图斯博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Muzej Plantin-Moretus”
  • Croatian: “Muzejski kompleks Plantin-Moretus”
  • Czech: “Nakladatelství Plantin-Moretus”
  • Dutch: “Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet”
  • Dutch: “Museum Plantin-Moretus”
  • Dutch: “Plantin-Moretusmuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Plantin-Moretus”
  • Finnish: “Plantin-Moretus-museo”
  • French: “musée Plantin-Moretus”
  • French: “Musée Plantin-Moretus”
  • Georgian: “პლანტენ-მორეტუსის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum Plantin-Moretus”
  • German: “Plantin-Moretus-Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון פלנטין מורטוס”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון פלנטן מורטוס”
  • Hindi: “प्लांटिन-मोरटस संग्रहालय”
  • Hungarian: “Plantin–Moretus Múzeum”
  • Italian: “Plantin-Moretusmuseum”
  • Japanese: “プランタン＝モレトゥスの家屋・工房・博物館複合体”
  • Korean: “플랑탱-모레투스 박물관”
  • Latvian: “Plantēna-Moretusa muzejs”
  • Luxembourgish: “Officina Plantiniana”
  • Maltese: “Mużew ta‘ Plantin-Moretus”
  • Maltese: “Mużew ta’ Plantin-Moretus”
  • Marathi: “प्लांटिन-मोरेटस संग्रहालय”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plantin-Moretus Museum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Museum Plantin-Moretus”
  • Norwegian: “Plantin-Moretus Museum”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Plantin-Moretus”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Plantin-Moretus”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Plantin-Moretus”
  • Russian: “Музей Плантена — Моретуса”
  • Russian: “Музей Плантена-Моретуса”
  • Serbian: “Museum Plantin-Moretus”
  • Serbian: “Muzej Planten-Moretus”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Плантен-Моретус (Антверпен)”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Плантен-Моретус Антверпен”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Плантен-Моретус у Антверпену”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Плантен-Моретус”
  • Serbian: “Музејски комплекс Плантен-Моретус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Muzej Plantin-Moretus”
  • Slovak: “Vydavateľstvo Plantin-Moretus”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej Plantin-Moretus”
  • Spanish: “Museo Plantin-Moretus”
  • Swedish: “Plantin-Moretus museum”
  • Turkish: “Plantin-Moretus Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Плантен-Моретуса”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Плантена-Моретуса”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện bảo tàng Plantin-Moretus”
  • “Museum Plantin-Moretus”

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