On Saturday 3 August 2024, lovers of culture and art can indulge themselves again during the 18th Museum Night (Museumnacht) 22 museums in Antwerp welcome young and old from 7 PM to 1 AM for a unique program including guided tours, workshops and performances.

On 3 August these 22 museums will present a varied program, specially put together for Museum Night, with one ticket priced at 15 euros for young people and 20 euros for those over 26 in advance. Ticket sales have already started via www.museumnacht.be.

New for Museum Night

De Cinema, De Studio and Het Bos are participating in Museum Night for the first time this year. ​

De Cinema will play a unique triple bill of films about passion and artistry as part of the Willy Vanderperre exhibition at fashion museum MoMu. 

De Studio shows a photo installation by photographer Alien, who will also DJ during the Museum Night afterparty. The afterparty will take place in De Studio from 1 AM to 6 AM. A combination ticket for Museum Night and the afterparty ihas to be purchased in advance. Don’t wait too long, because places for the afterparty are limited.​​

It is also the first Museum Night for Het Bos. Visitors get to know the artists of the Forest Academy (Bosacadamie) better in their studio or during a speed date, listen to performances, follow a workshop or taste homemade goodies.

The Letterenhuis is back again after a temporary closure due to renovation works. The program includes playful-poetic readings, drag performances, a crash course in screen printing and a ‘confession of pride’ in which visitors tell author Veerle De Caestecker something they are proud of and receive a tailor-made poem in return.

From robot chickens to super slime

Another small selection from the wide range. Take the scientific tour at Red Star Line Museum and make super slime or sunscreen. Delicious drinks are chemically shaken in the cocktail lab. 

Attend a mini concert by soprano Astrid Stockman at the Snijders&Rockoxhuis, or hear in AMUZ how a classical lutenist or gambaist portrays visitors as a unique melody. 

In DIVA, sing along to the best karaoke hits that focus on gold, silver and diamonds. In the meantime, visitors have a chance to win a real zircon at a musical bingo! Or why not experience a seagull screaming competition and see Panamarenko’s robot chickens in action at the M HKA? 

In the MAS, creative souls make their own snow globe and can taste the Arctic buffet landscape by artist Esther Kokmeijer, as part of the new exhibition ‘To Antarctica‘.

In the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library you can admire the Old Antwerp Songbook, but also new perspectives on it in collaboration with Teletext vzw. 

Musicians FULCO, Slongs Dievanongs and Les Âmes Perdues and word artists Yousra Benfquih and Joke Van Leeuwen present their interpretation.Want to take home a souvenir? 

In the ‘Plates by Bruegel‘ workshop in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, visitors can sticker vintage plates with elements from the art collection that Fritz Mayer van den Bergh collected.

There are fascinating guided tours in various places as a perfect introduction to an exhibition or one specific masterpiece. 

Partner organization AmuseeVous also provides Antwerp museums with artistic interventions by young makers who challenge all classical perspectives. Flemish Sign Language interpreters make part of the program accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing.

And not unimportant: visitors to Museum Night will also regularly encounter tasty snacks, fresh drinks and beautiful tunes.

Alderman for Culture Nabilla Ait Daoud (N-VA): “On Saturday 3 August the lively public will take over our Antwerp museums, music and surprising performances will conquer our eyes and hearts, and the works of art will wink at the starry sky above the city. Experience the magic of an unforgettable Museum Night together with thousands of Antwerp residents and visitors.”

Apps and stairs

Would you rather be taken in tow? Buy a combination ticket for Museum Night with bicycle tour! The guides of Expeditie De Stad tell city stories on the way to the museums. Don’t forget your own bike!​ ​

Speaking of cycling: everyone who buys a ticket for Museum Night will receive a free day pass from Velo Antwerp. Register in advance to move easily during the event.

New for this 18th edition of Museum Night: there is now a handy app ‘Museum Night Antwerp‘. Visitors can indicate their favorites in the app and thus create a clear planning, use the interactive map and consult the crowd barometer. Download it now from the Google Play or Apple Store.

Extra time

Visitors who have not had enough time to complete all the museums on their list in one night will receive either free admission or a discount at one of the participating museums with the (cut off) wristband until 31 August 2024.

These museums and cultural institutions open their doors during Museum Night: AMUZ, Cinema Lumière, De Cinema, De Studio, DIVA, Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library, FOMU, Het Bos, Het Steen, KMSKA, Letterenhuis, M HKA, MAS, MoMu, Museum De Reede, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Museum Vleeshuis, Red Star Line Museum, St. Andrews’ Church (Sint-Andrieskerk), St. Paul’s Chuch (Sint-Pauluskerk) and Snijders&Rockoxhuis.​

View the extensive Museum Night program at http://www.museumnacht.be or in the Museum Night Antwerp app. ​

Practical

• Saturday 3 August 3 2024 from 7 PM to 1 AM in 22 participating museums.
• Afterparty in De Studio from 1 PM to 6 AM (last admission 5 AM).
• Ticket sales via http://www.museumnacht.be. Ticket sales also available in Het Steen from 22 July.
• 12 to 26 year olds: 15 euros in advance / 18 euros on the day if not sold out. +26 year olds: 20 euros in advance / 23 euros on the day if not sold out. A-card with opportunity rate and -12 year olds: 4 euros.
• Participation in the Expeditie De Stad bicycle tour: 12 euros. This ticket can only be purchased in combination with a ticket for Museum Night. Capacity is limited.​
• After party: 10 euros. This ticket can only be purchased in combination with a ticket for Museum Night. Capacity is limited.
• Velo Antwerp is treating everyone with a ticket for Museum Night to a free day pass for a shared bike that is valid for 24 hours. The practical information can be found on www.museumnacht.be or in the Museumnacht Antwerp app.
• For more information, visitors can visit the information containers at the MAS and KMSKA from 5 PM during Museum Night.

Art and museums in Antwerp

• RED STAR LINE MUSEUM | ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line’ exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024.
• Antwerp will have a new Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp M HKA.
• ANTWERP | Innovations in the Middelheim Museum provide a completely new visitor experience.
• ANTWERP | New Rubens House building and garden to open on 30 August 2024.
• FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum ft. Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers.
• A visit of the Flemish Tram and Bus Museum – Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum (VlaTAM) in Antwerp.
• ANTWERP | Discovering queer(ed) art with the Queer Tour at the KMSKA fine arts museum.
• REVIEW | Illusion Antwerpen, an active and photogenic museum.
• Antwerp museums and sports facilities team up with European Disability Card for accessible leisure activities.
• ‘Jef Verheyen, Window On Infinity’ exhibition at KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, until 18 August 2024.
• Museum Mayer van den Bergh.
• 2024 at Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA): Rubens, James Ensor, Jules Schmalzigaug and many more.
• 2024 at the museums of Antwerp ft. Ensor Year.
• ANTWERP | Inside Rubens House.
• Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp.
• ANTWERP | Museum Vleeshuis up for restoration.
• BOOK | ‘Antwerp. An Archaeological View on the Origin of the City’ by Tim Bellens.
• Red Star Line Museum.
• Paleis op de Meir. 
• DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds.
• ANTWERP | Red Star Line Museum of (e)migration.
• ANTWERP | Museum Mayer van den Bergh is expanding into former District Hall.
• ANTWERP | Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) hosts ‘To Antarctica. The polar pioneers of the Belgica’ exhibition until 3 November 2024.