Help Gup the gull move home

for children aged three to six

Gup the gull is moving to another country. Will you help Gup move home? Discover the story of Gup, and that of the Red Star Line, along with your child. 

 

Quotes along the way

A walk between Central Station and Red Star Line Museum on the trail of land movers.

Quotes along the way (secondary & higher education)

A walk between Central Station and Red Star Line Museum on the trail of land movers for students in the second or third grade of secondary education.

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.