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Maagdenhuis Museum

Art museums and galleries in BelgiumArt museums established in 1930Museums in Antwerp
Toegangspoort met beeldhouwwerk van het Maagdenhuismuseum in Antwerpen
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The Maagdenhuis Museum (Maidens' House 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. The museum presents a collection of utensils used on a daily basis by the foundlings and the orphans; a collection of antique furniture, and a series of documents relating to the orphanage and the life in it from the 16th century to 19th century.Although one of the smallest museums in Antwerp, the Maagdenhuis houses a valuable and rich collection of paintings and sculptures. The collection includes works by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Pieter Aertsen, Otto van Veen, Simon De Vos, Maarten Pepijn, Huibrecht van den Eynde, and Walter Pompe.

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Maagdenhuis Museum
Lange Gasthuisstraat, Antwerp

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2000 Antwerp (Antwerp)
Antwerp, Belgium
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