Maagdenhuis Museum
The Maagdenhuis Museum is an art museum and historical museum located in a 17th-century historic building on Lange Gasthuisstraat, Antwerp, Belgium. The building was used as an orphanage for the maegdeckens, or maidens, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 19th century.- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—1:00 PM and 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
Monday and public holidays: closed - Email: maagdenhuis@antwerpen.be
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic building and museum in Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as: “Maagdenhuismuseum”
- Address: Lange Gasthuisstraat 33, 2000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Den Botaniek and Rubenshuis.
Den Botaniek
Park
Photo: Orrling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare.
Rubenshuis
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rubenshuis is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. Rubenshuis is situated 420 metres northeast of Maagdenhuis Museum.
Bourla Theatre
Theater building
Bourla Theatre is a theatre located in Antwerp that seats around 900. The building is designed in a neoclassical style on the site of the former Tapissierspand tapestry market. Bourla Theatre is situated 230 metres northeast of Maagdenhuis Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antwerp diamond district and Universiteitsbuurt.
Antwerp diamond district
Neighborhood
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.
Zuid
Quarter
The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.
Maagdenhuis Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.21436° or 51° 12′ 52″ northLongitude
4.40539° or 4° 24′ 19″ eastOperator
Stad AntwerpenOpen location code
9F366C74+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5226910595OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2491109
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Maagdenhuis Museum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maagdenhuis”
- French: “Maagdenhuis”
- French: “Maagdenhuismuseum”
- French: “Musée Maagdenhuis”
- German: “Maagdenhuismuseum”
- Russian: “музей”
- Spanish: “Museo Maagdenhuis”
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