Antwerp-fashion: Momu-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. 
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.
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, Monday Closed Neighborhood: The old city south of the Grote Markt Modemuseum Provincie Antwerpen Get out at the Groenplaats and walk in the opposite direction then the Cathedral. 
Admission fees: 6 Discount rate 4 for: 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! Pictures are allowed but no flash photography.
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