Alexandru-Mihail en Christina-Maria Draghici

We did it!

Yousuf Eid

I hope my story can help other refugees.

Red Star Line wins public award!

The Red Star Line Museum received the public award of the annual Museum of the Year Award.

Modelship Belgenland II

A model in cross section of the legendary Belgenland II. It gives a good impression of how life on board must have been in 'Upstairs, Downstairs' terms.

Permanent collection

If these walls could talk, we would probably be surprised about the stories they could share. Two million passengers travelled to America on the Red Star Line ships. Explore the museum section by section.

Calendar

The Red Star Line Museum is everything but a traditional museum. Here's an overview of our activities.

To see & to do

What's on display now or in the near future? Which activities are planned?

Belgian emigrants

In 1890, Louis van Engelen painted 'Belgian emigrants'. The painting is exhibited in the museum.

Eugeen Van Mieghem

Eugeen Van Mieghem is an Antwerp realist artist. He grows up in his parents’ café, right across the entrance of the Red Star Line sheds in the Montevideostraat.