- Address: Lange Gasthuisstraat 19, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
- Phone: +32 3 338 81 88
- Working hours: daily 10: 00-17: 00, Monday - closed
- Official website: www.museummayervandenbergh.be.
- Ticket price: for visitors from 25 to 65 years - € 8, students, pensioners - € 6
A large number of memorial, historical and ethnographic museums are concentrated in the Belgian city of Antwerp . And this is not surprising, because in this port city once lived famous personalities, artists and patrons of art, who left their descendants with a lot of art paintings and works of art. One such well-known collectors was Fritz Mayer van der Berg, after the death of which the Mayer van den Berg Museum was opened next to the Rubens House Museum .
Features of the museum
The uniqueness of the museum of Mayer van den Berg in Belgium is its uniqueness. Walking through its pavilion, you understand that the collection was not collected by a professional. The paintings here are exhibited regardless of the year of creation or artistic style. In one pavilion there are carpets, sculptures and paintings. This makes the museum collection unlike any other. The museum has created an intimate atmosphere that allows each visitor to experience the emotions of the owner of the collection.
In the Mayer van den Berg Museum in Antwerp you can see the following exhibits:
- paintings by the artist Peter Beigel;
- altar triptych of the 14th century;
- antique furniture;
- painted stained-glass windows;
- articles made of ivory;
- ancient carpets;
- Flemish lace;
- ancient manuscripts and much more.
Particular attention deserves sculpture, which are represented in the museum Meyer van den Berg in a wide variety. It exhibits figures of wood, ivory, alabaster, as well as bronze and marble statues.
But not only the collection of arts and crafts deserves the attention of visitors. The museum is housed in a 15th century patrician building, each detail of which is interesting in its own way. Here you can see the interior details typical of that era, including: narrow spiral staircases, carved doors, walls with oak panels, etc.
Visiting the Mayer van den Berg Museum is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture and art of not only the Flemish region in Belgium , but also Europe itself.
How to get there?
The Mayer van Den Berg Museum is located almost at the intersection of Arenbergstraat 1-7 and Lange Gasthuisstraat. At 50 meters from it there is a tram stop Antwerpen Oudaan, which can be reached on the route number 4 and 7.
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