Please Subscribe to my Channel! Give a Like & Thanks for Watching! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdikqFcS6E9qUtZdEnMGxSw MAS Museum aan de Stroom Antwerp Belgium The Museum aan de Stroom (MAS; Dutch for: Museum by the River) is a museum located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp. History In 1998 the Antwerp city council decided to build the museum at the Hanzestedenplaats. On 14 September 2006 the first brick of the building was laid. In 2010 museum objects arrived from various other museums like the Etnographic Museum and the Maritime Museum, which both ceased to exist. The museum opened for the public on 17 May 2011 Design The 60 metre high MAS was designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects. The façade is made of Indian red sandstone and curved glass panel construction. It is an example of postmodern Art Deco architecture. The MAS houses 470,000 objects, most of which are kept in storage. The first visitor's gallery is the "visible store", which contains 180,000 items. The building is located on the spot where the Hanzehuis used to stand. International merchants worked and resided at the Hanzehuis. In the nineteenth century a fire destroyed the building. Collection and exhibitions The central focus of the MAS is Antwerp and its many aspects. The main themes are Metropolis, Power, Life and Death, and Antwerp's long history as a major international port. The museum is committed to informing the public using new media. Through the QR codes placed next to most of the exhibits, visitors can access website information in five languages: English, Dutch, French, German and Spanish. List of museums in Belgium: Diamond Museum EcoHuis Etnographic Museum Fotomuseum Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) Museum of Modern Art Antwerp (MuHKA) Plantin-Moretus Museum Museum aan de Stroom (MAS; Museum at the current) Volkskundemuseum National Maritime Museum Maagdenhuismuseum (Virgin House Museum) Middelheim Museum ModeMuseum (Fashion Museum) Rubenshuis (Rubens House) Rockoxhuis (Rockox House) Mayer van den Bergh Museum Museum Vleeshuis Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art BELvue Museum Horta Museum Magritte Museum Musical Instrument Museum Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History Royal Museums of Art and History Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Grand Hornu Groeningemuseum Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek Gourmet Library and museum Museum of Fine Arts Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK) Design museum Gent Museum for Old Techniques (MOT) SONS Museum M - Museum Leuven, Leuven Curtius Museum, Liège Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier Musée Hergé Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance Technopolis Toy Museum Museum François Duesberg Beaux-Arts Mons Vincent Van Gogh House Royal Museum for Central Africa Musée des Beaux-Arts In Flanders Fields Museum

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