Temporary exhibitions

Happy Family 全家福

Thursday 30 January 2025 until Sunday 4 May 2025 from 10:00 to 17:00

Be amazed by the rich history, entrepreneurial spirit and unparalleled work ethic of the Chinese community in Antwerp and around the world, through unique artworks and intriguing family stories.

A welcome refugee - Einstein and Red Star Line

In this free exhibition, you could discover Einstein's close relationship with Antwerp, Belgium and Red Star Line. 

Photogallery Donors

Donors tend to fade into the background behind the objects they have given to the museum. But to celebrate our anniversary, we brought them out into the limelight. Photographer Koen Broos turned his camera on 10 of them: one for each year of the museum’s existence.  

Homesickness. Between comfort and pride

You could travel along with nine artists and found out about their homesickness. Their ongoing search for what really matters, for what makes coming home so emotional.

Safe Haven. Stories of Antwerp on a map

The Red Star Line Museum collected stories of people who moved to Antwerp and told their story about their first five years of living in Antwerp. Which places have a special meaning to them? Watch a documentary online.

Breeze 2017. When does a house becomes a home?

The Red Star Line Museum welcomed the Hungarian-Syrian artist Róza El-Hassan with her art installation Breeze 2017. She built a dome in the museum with which she reflects on the meaning of ‘migration, coming home and belonging'.

From a home to a house

A small summer exhibition with portraits about roots and identity

Cruise Away. See the world with the Red Star Line

The Red Star Line Museum brought the cruise era back to life with an exhibition, a book and a concert by the Flat Earth Society. The emphasis was on the stories of the passengers and crews of the Red Star Line's cruise ships.

I, gypsy. The voyages of Jan Yoors.

A photo exhibition with a selection of photos and films of the versatile Antwerp-New York artist Jan Yoors. Koen Broos selected photos of Yoor’s travels with the Roma gypsies in the 1930s, of ethnic communities in New York in the 1950s and photos of his trips back to Belgium to (re)visit the gypsies.

Far from the War?

When the German army occupied Belgium in 1914, it suddenly became almost impossible for the Belgian immigrants in the United States to contact family members. How did the war affect their lives?

Home Sweet Home

An exhibition on travel and coming home commemorates 50 years of migration from Morocco and Turkey to Belgium. Bülent Öztürk and Mashid Mohadjerin, two Antwerp artists, worked on this theme.