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.
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.
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.
Interactive tour, based on migration stories from the past and present. For secondary school pupils. Supplementary teaching materials available for technical and vocational secondary education (TSO and BSO).
Interactive tour in a group, suitable for pupils aged 16 and up. Through the migrants' stories, you experience their journey as if you were there yourself.
In our city there are young people who can bear witness to war, hunger and dictatorships. Newcomers, who have come to our country as refugees. In a time in which more is spoken about them rather than with them, their stories are worth hearing.
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.
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.
