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Help writing the story of the museum

Do you have a story that is related to the history of the Red Star Line, a Red Star Line passenger, or to past or contemporary migration? We want to hear it!

The Red Star Line Museum could use your help

The Red Star Line Museum came about thanks to the input of many people and agencies. For its operation, the museum depends on the financial contribution of different partners. You can make a contribution too.

Our sponsors

For the founding of the museum, the city of Antwerp could count on the support of many sponsors and partners.

Your Red Star Line object in the museum

The Red Star Line Museum’s collection is supplemented and enriched with many gifts and items on loan.

International recognition for the Red Star Line Museum

European Museum of the Year 2015

Antwerp’s Red Star Line Museum has received one of the five Special Commendations from the European Museum of the Year 2015 in the Riverside Museum in Glasgow

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.

Our exhibitions

The Red Star Line Museum has a lot to offer. In addition to the permanent exhibition, we also host temporary exhibitions, in a stunning building, with an extensive collection.

About the museum

Two million passengers travelled from Antwerp to North America on board the Red Star Line ships. The museum focuses on their story, on that of the shipping company that transported them and on the city and port from which they embarked on this journey.

About the museum

Two million passengers travelled from Antwerp to North America onboard the Red Star Line ships. The museum focuses on their story, on that of the shipping company that transported them and on the city and port from where they embarked on this journey.

Monumental work by Johan Creten moved to a new location near the Red Star Line Museum

Pliny’s Sorrow is an impressive bronze sculpture by the Flemish artist Johan Creten, who lives in Paris. This sculpture is on permanent public display at the Rijnkaai.

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