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Antwerp-fashion: Momu-ModeMuseum

Antwerp-fashion, modenatie-antwerp, momu, mode, modemuseum Antwerp-fashion museum is a pleasure to visit. The interior of the historical ModeNatie building is very organic with lots of wood and light. The MOMU, Open since 2002 in Antwerp-fashion quarter, is the new, trendy fashion museum housing contemporary fashion and historical collections.

The MOMU has no permanent collection – only changing exhibitions usually creations of temporary fashion designers, especially those who took courses in the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerp. The exhibitions are very dynamic, creative and intuitive using various media. MoMu has already gained international fame for the beautiful, new way of making successful exhibitions. Although my interest in fashion is average at best, on my last visit I went through the exhibition twice in a row.

momu, mode, modemuseum, Antwerp-fashion A small gallery on the first floor houses the work of 3rd year students of the Antwerp-fashion Academy (Royal Academy of Art and FFI / Flanders Fashion Institute). Which focuses on the history of costumes, fashion and textile mainly within the boundaries of Western Europe. The main topics are: "textile raw material and fibers, textile techniques, textile industry, textile print and dye, lace, embroidery and other fancywork, historic costumes and fashion.”


Antwerp-fashion, momu, modenatie-antwerp, mode, modemuseum Many students of the Royal Academy of Antwerp become famous designers, very often with their own label.

The famous Six of Antwerp:

Walter van Beirendock,
Dirk van Saene,
Ann Demeulemeester,
Dirk Bikkembergs,
Marina Yee,
Dries van Noten

Opening Hours
Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM to 6 PM tickets are sold only until 5.15 PM

Monday Closed

Neighborhood: The old city – south of the Grote Markt

Modemuseum Provincie Antwerpen
ModeNatie (Fashion Nation)
Nationalestraat 28

2000 Antwerp
tel: +32 3 470 27 70

MoMu Website


Antwerp-fashion, momu, mode, modemuseum
Getting there:
Tram: 4, 8, 15
Bus: 22, 25, 26

Get out at the Groenplaats and walk in the opposite direction then the Cathedral.


Antwerp-fashion, momu, modenatie-antwerp, mode Antwerp-fashion, momu, modenatie-antwerp, mode
Admission fees: 6 €

Discount rate 4€ for:
Groups, as of 15 paying persons
Youths aged 12 to 25
Holders of a youth pass or student card



Tips and Hints:

There is a guided tour of the exhibition every first Sunday of the month. It starts at 11am from the museum's information desk. Highly recommended for families and individual visitors!
Duration: about 1 hour
Price per person: EUR 7 - students: EUR 4
Number of participants: maximum 20
Advance booking by calling 03 470 27 74.

Antwerp-fashion, momu, modenatie-antwerp, mode
All handbags must be left in the lockers – the ones downstairs (-1 floor) are more numerous and free but you do need a 1€ coin (you get it back) to lock them.

Pictures are allowed but no flash photography.


There is a bookshop on the ground floor with an amazing collection of texts and several English titles.


Every first Thursday of the month MoMu is open 10 AM – 9 PM
Inquire before you visit sine MoMu is closed between expositions for transformations.



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