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The MAS collection

Antwerp, a metropolis by the river. A collection of 600,000 objects gives you a refreshing view of the city and its contacts with other cultures.

What's on display?

The MAS tells the story of centuries of contact between Antwerp and the world. You'll experience part of the tale on every floor.

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.

Our Exquisite Corpse

Interactive artwork – open participation

Waiting for transgender care sometimes takes years in the Netherlands and Belgium. OUR EXQUISITE CORPSE translates this endless wait into a participatory art project: a metre-long quilt in which everyone contributes minutes, together accounting for 1,314,900 minutes of waiting. Join the wait, give your time.

    Wednesday 6 August 2025 from 18:00 to 22:00
    Thursday 7 August 2025 from 14:00 to 19:00

queerPassion

Open rehearsal and panel discussion

At the end of August, the Antwerp Queer Choir will perform queerPassion at the Antwerp opera house. Curious for a preview? Come and listen to their open rehearsal at the MAS.

    Wednesday 6 August 2025 from 19:00 to 21:00

Who Cares

Performance

Access to care remains a pain point for queers, especially trans people. Bert Roman approaches the issue from his experience as a queer nurse in the UK. He performs an abridged version of his performance Who Cares. 

    Thursday 7 August 2025 from 17:00 to 17:30
    Thursday 7 August 2025 from 19:00 to 19:30

Interview with a Notorious Wild Cat

Video + Performance

Interview with a Notorious Wild Cat (2021) is a video installation about a hybrid being — part human, part lynx. It explores the experience of living in a changing body: feminine, seductive, strange. A source of both pride and shame — something that cannot be fully understood or defined.

    Friday 8 August 2025 from 14:00 to 18:45
    Friday 8 August 2025 from 19:15 to 19:30

Nonbinary

Interactive presentation

Nonbinary is an audiovisual interactive exhibition that shows gender as a fluid spectrum, intertwined with culture and history. Through research, interviews and interactive maps, the expo reveals various often invisible nonbinary experiences worldwide, and challenges new understanding.

    Wednesday 6 August 2025 until Sunday 10 August 2025 from 10:00 to 17:00

Breaking the Binary

Panel discussion

MAS curator Selm Merel Wenselaers engages in conversation with artists masharu and Tristan Elísabet Birta. Together, they explore how gender equality can be more than a superficial debate, delving into the societal, cultural and personal dimensions at play.

    Friday 8 August 2025 from 19:30 to 20:45

Queer Care

Panel discussion

What does it feel like to wait endlessly for care you urgently need? MAS curator Marion Wasserbauer talks with artists The Pink Cube and Bert Roman about the impact of waiting times in transgender healthcare.

    Thursday 7 August 2025 from 19:30 to 21:00

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