Dance is a powerful tool that makes social themes tangible, exposes emotions, and creates space for change. An evening full of energy, expression, and new perspectives.
Thursday 18 December 2025 until Friday 19 December 2025 from 19:00 to 1:00
Dance tells stories. It is often a way to depict stories, to mourn, to celebrate, to honor, and to remember. In every culture, on every continent, people use their bodies to express what words cannot convey.
In a world where dance is often viewed through the lens of music videos, films, and social media, this #MASmoves event invites you to look beyond. This evening goes beyond the screen and contemporary pop culture and delves into the origins of various dance forms.
A new expo that immerses you in the rich world of martial arts. Antwerp has a very rich history of martial arts that still evolves with the city today. Together with Sporting A, ErfgoedLab delved into the Antwerp world of martial arts and collected many personal stories and objects.
Friday 3 April 2026 until Sunday 29 November 2026 from 10:00 to 17:00
Anouk Kruithof shows that dance is a universal language in different (sub)cultures. Walk through a rousing video installation featuring some 1,000 dance styles from around the world. Immerse yourself in a language we all know in this four-hour film.
Saturday 25 October 2025 until Sunday 4 January 2026 from 10:00 to 17:00
Feeling or showing compassion is typically human and has many sides. The expo shows how we portray this in different times, cultures and worldviews. And also, what its abrasive sides are.
In a workshop, visual artist Laura Boser uses improvisation and listening exercises to challenge you to look at the hierarchy of your body parts differently.
CLOSED | The MAS preserves culturally and historically sensitive Congolese heritage that numbers nearly 5,000 cultural objects. MAS staff, together with Congolese colleagues, investigated the circumstances under which this collection disappeared from Congo. The first results of the study were on display in the Visible Storage.
- CLOSED - In 1897 the Belgica set off from Antwerp to the last blind spot on the world map: Antarctica. The expedition got stuck in the polar ice and made history as a result. The expo showed how the men managed to survive, who followed in their footsteps, and what Antarctica is like today.
