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The Adoration of the Shepherds, Peter Paul Rubens

loan from the Rubens House

The Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella in the garden of their castle at Coudenberg in Brussels, Jan I Brueghel

loan from the Rubens House

Sundial, Jacobus de Succa

loan from the Rubens House

Home altar

loan from the Rubens House

Impressed by Plantin

woodcut collection online

The Plantin-Moretus Museum keeps an extraordinary collection of 14,000 woodblocks. 14,000 examples of true craftsmanship, drawings masterly cut in wood. We are supplying this impressive collection of woodcuts in high resolution. Feel free to browse as long as you like, get inspired and use your creativity.

Be impressed!

Two international researchers get travel grant to Antwerp (2024-2025)

For the fifth time already, two foreign researchers will receive a travel grant to come to Antwerp for their research on the history of the printed book.

Plan your visit

As a museum, we have the responsibility to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. That’s why the museum will close temporarily and this until further notice. All our planned activities will be cancelled. The reading room will remain open.

What is there to do?

Fancy an unusual adventure? Visit the world’s best preserved printing press and soak up the intimate atmosphere there. Young and old, type freaks and bookworms alike will all enjoy the guided tours, exhibitions and workshops here.

About the Museum

The original residence and workshop of the Plantin and Moretus printing dynasty offers you a unique historical experience, which is why it is a Unesco world heritage site. The building’s creaking oak planks and panels seem imbued in the history of books, the art of printing and the story of a family’s entrepreneurial flair. The oldest printing presses in the world can be found here, and much more besides...