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”, “Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet”, “Muzej Planten-Moretus”, “Muzejski kompleks Plantin-Moretus”, “Plantin–Moretus Museum”, “Музеј Плантен-Моретус (Антверпен)”, “Музеј Плантен-Моретус Антверпен”, “Музеј Плантен-Моретус у Антверпену”, and “Музејски комплекс Плантен-Моретус”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cathedral of Our Lady and ModeMuseum Antwerpen.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . is situated 310 metres northeast of Museum Plantin-Moretus.

Museum
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MoMu is the fashion museum of the City of … 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. 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…

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.

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”
  • Czech: “Nakladatelství Plantin-Moretus”
  • Dutch: “Museum Plantin-Moretus”
  • 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: “Музеј 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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sint-Anna and Vlaams Hoofd.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: T Sandt and Hogeschool Antwerpen / Audiovisuele & Beeldende Kunst - Mode.

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Worth a closer look: Mechelen and Lier.

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