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At the Red Star Line Museum, people and their stories take centre stage. From diaries, letters, and photographs of travellers who once departed with the Red Star Line to recent interviews with people migrating today, we bring past and present together to tell the universal story of hope, dreams, and the search for happiness.

Breeze 2017. When does a house becomes a home?

10.05.2017 - 17.09.2017
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'.

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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.

Ambassador Sam Fox on his parents’ migration

The former American ambassador to Belgium, Sam Fox, is a descendant of Red Star Line passengers. He shared the story of his parents’ emigration to the United States and how it influenced his life.

Sonia Fuentes. 2 million passengers, 2 million stories

Among the emigrants were a large number of Jews who were fleeing the Nazi regime in Germany in the thirties. One of these moving stories is that of the Pressman family.

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