Plan your visit
Everything you need to know for your visit to the museum.
Leading Ladies Tour
Ludovico Guicciardini already wrote in 1567 that Flanders was rich in enterprising women. The fact that Plantin’s family business survived for three hundred years was partly thanks to a number of strong, emancipated women.
iAdriaen Thomasz Key, Portret van Magdalena Plantin (ca. 1580), Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
Guided tour for adults
Martina Plantijn (1550–1616), Anna Goos (1627–1691), Anna-Maria de Neuf (1654–1714) and Maria Theresia Borrekens (1728–1797) led the enterprise for a long time and thus helped ensure its continuity.
Step into the world of the hardworking, headstrong and enterprising Moretus women. View the museum through their eyes and get to know the Plantin-Moretus family and the Officina Plantiniana in a different way.
What can you expect?
- You will discover the fascinating life in this house through the stories of the enterprising women.
- You will look at the portraits in the house through a woman’s eyes — at their clothing and the evolution of fashion.
- You will learn that entrepreneurship is a delicate balancing act, for women as well as for men.
iPeter Paul Rubens, Portret van Martina Plantin (1633), Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
iJacob van Reesbroeck, Portret van Anna Goos (ca. 1659), Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
iPhilip Joseph Tassaert, Portret van Maria Theresa Borrekens (1762), Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
iAnoniem, Portret van Anna-Maria de Neuf (1680-1699), Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
Practical information
- Guided tour for adults
- Maximum 15 people per guide
Maximum one and a half hours
- Guide fee: 120 euros (administrative costs included)
- Museum admission tickets are purchased separately
