Museum aan de Stroom (MAS)

The collection of the Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) covers three main areas:

the history, art, and culture of the port of Antwerp;
international trade and shipping to and from the city;
the art, history, and culture of Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.

With this multi-faceted collection, the MAS can present itself as a museum with worldwide connections.

The collection’s sculptures include two supreme masterpieces: the sixteenth-century Retabel of Averbode by Jacob van Cothem and the sixteenth-century wooden loggia of the Antwerp house known as “De grooten Sot” by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (I). The renowned collection of Antwerp majolica includes the sixteenth-century tile tableau The Conversion of Saul. There are also significant collections of glass, secular and religious silverware, coins, textiles, and furniture.

Vera De Boeck, Curator (April 2022)