The MAS houses the collections of the Folk Art Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ethnographic Museum. With changing thematic exhibitions and a rich collection of more than 600,000 items, the MAS tells stories about the city, the port, and the world.
The collection comprises three clusters: Antwerp, World, and Maritime. They range from the history, art, and culture of Antwerp, through international trade and shipping, to the history, art, and culture of Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania. The collection shows how the port city of Antwerp has been connected to the world for centuries, and continues to be so today.
A dozen objects from our collection have been aknowledged as masterpieces by the Flemish government. This means that they are protected because of their special archaeological, historical, cultural-historical, artistic, or scientific significance.
