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Actual loans

In the MAS, you can see the world. Or at least part of it, because the world also wants to see the MAS. After all, the extraordinary pieces in the MAS are often of great interest to other national and international museums. The MAS regularly receives requests for temporary loans of objects. And we are happy to do so. The pieces from the MAS collection can be found not only in Antwerp, but all over the world. New York, Morocco or Shanghai? It's all possible.

Brabofountain to museum DIVA

This unique silver showpiece is one of the permanent loans to DIVA. It is a copy of the Brabofountain in Antwerp's Grote Markt. The bronze statues on a rock of basalt stones were executed in silver and set on a rock of amethyst.

MAS-collection on the Belgian coast

The NAVIGO Fisheries Museum in Oostduinkerke reopened its doors on 7 September 2024. The MAS gave some remarkable pieces on loan.

The Averbode altarpiece

In 1873, the Antwerp Museum of Antiquities purchased a 16th-century retable of the Averbode Abbey, depicting the Lamentation of Christ. 150 years later, it is given on long-term loan to the abbey and thus returns home.

In de ban van goud

Gouden objecten naar Wereldmuseum in Leiden

Tot 26 oktober 2025 - Voor de tentoonstelling 'In de ban van goud' leende het MAS, in samenwerking met de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, een achttal gouden objecten uit, allemaal afkomstig uit de Paul & Dora Janssen-Arts collectie.  De expo belichtte de rol van goud in verschillende culturen in de hele wereld.

MAS loans Robert Mols

CEPA-expo untill half december 2025

The expo features loans from the Royal Yacht Club of Belgium and private collectors. A detailed Antwerp roadsted view and ship models attributed to Robert Mols, are the eye-catchers from the MAS collection.

Vinland Saga

Van 5 april tot 31 oktober 2025

Het MAS bruikleende enkele objecten uit de archeologische Hasse-collectie en uit de maritieme verzameling voor de expo 'Vinland Saga' in Manderen-Ritzing (Frankrijk). Het was een tentoonstelling die hedendaagse manga’s verenigde met historische stukken uit diverse collecties. 

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