The MAS collection comprises more than 600,000 objects relating to art, cultural traditions, and the history of the city and port of Antwerp. It also covers overseas shipping and trade, as well as art, cultural traditions, and history in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania. The collection tells stories about Antwerp, the port, and the world. About the world connected to Antwerp and about the world in Antwerp.
We are happy to loan items from our collection in order to make them known to a wider audience, to stimulate new research, and to promote the connection between the heritage community and the collection.
Would you like to have a high resolution image of an object?
If you would like a good quality photo of one of our collection pieces, please send an e-mail to mas.beeld@antwerpen.be.
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Are you looking for (more) scientific information?
The library collections that match the MAS collection can be accessed through the Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience catalog. These are special library collections around shipping, world cultures, European cultural traditions, and history and applied arts Antwerp.
Discover the Heritage Library catalog: https://www.consciencebibliotheek.be/nl
The collection descriptions of the various collections in the library can be found through these links:
- https://anet.be/record/opaccoloiehc/co:ehc:24 : European Folklore
- https://anet.be/record/opaccoloiehc/co:ehc:74 : Shipping