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Cruise away...

The Red Star Line Museum has even more gems of passengers’ and crew members’ diaries and photograph albums. Take a look here.

A little bit Belgian

Six Argentines about their roots

This autumn the Red Star Line Museum tells a story about roots, recollections and Belgian migration to Argentina based on the individual stories of six Argentinians. What do they still know about their family history? How do they keep the memories of Belgium, of themselves or of their ancestors alive?

From a home to a house

7.07.2017 - 22.09.2017

A small summer exhibition with portraits about roots and identity

Yiddish advertisement

Antwerp was a particularly popular port of emigration among Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. These people constituted a sizeable proportion of the Red Star Line’s passengers. The shipping company recruited its “customers” from deep within Eastern Europe.

Higher Ground

A captivating photo exhibition by Carl De Keyzer

From 31 October 2018 until 27 January 2019, the Red Star Line Museum hosted the exhibition 'Higher Ground' by the Belgian MAGNUM photographer Carl De Keyzer.

All hands on deck

You set off on a journey with your (grand)parents and an enthusiastic tour guide. From Warsaw to America, you will hear exciting stories from other young migrants.

Tranzyt Antwerpia

The photographer Herman Selleslags and the author Pascal Verbeken took an unforgettable journey through Europe. They packed the diary of the Jewish teenager Benjamin Kopp, who was born in a village near Warsaw and was a Red Star Line passenger in 1912, in their suitcase.

Leopold longs for an adventurous life in Canada

He fought for his dream for more than 20 years

In the course of 20 years, Leopold Lybeer worked as a railway builder and herdsman in Canada. The financial crisis and his wife's nostalgia ended his Canadian adventure. Leopold would never forget the pristine landscape of Canada.

The Film 'Only One New York'

In 1963 Jan Yoors and the French film director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau made the film Only One New York. Gaisseau won the first Oscar for a documentary in 1961 with the film Le Ciel et la Boue. The film documents a Franco-Dutch expedition through Dutch New Guinea. It focuses on tribes of cannibals.

The origin of Jan Yoors: Eugène Yoors and Magda Peeters

The influence of Eugène Yoors and Magda Peeters on the life and work of their son should not be underestimated.

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