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Contemporary past - Peter De Koninck

13.02.2011 - 13.03.2011 | Contemporary Past displayed an overview of graphic work produced by Peter De Koninck over a period of ten years. His remarkable monumental etchings are highly idiosyncratic. The rest of the exhibition consisted of serigraphs, smaller etchings and works acquired by the Print Cabinet.

Jan Vanriet - The Greeting

In 'The Greeting', the Museum Plantin-Moretus examined drawings by Jan Vanriet from the Print Cabinet collection and the artist’s personal collection.

Unusual? Great!

From 18 September to 2 November 2014. Surprise items fromt the collections of Antwerp bibliophiles.

From the Print Cabinet's depot

Rubens and Tuymans lie side by side in the Print Cabinet’s storage depot. The Print Cabinet has a rich collection of drawings and prints by Antwerp’s old masters. In addition, it collects modern and contemporary work from Antwerp. Every quarter, the Print Cabinet shows a different selection, based on a theme relevant to the season.

Jozef Linnig Portrays Antwerp

Jozef Linnig’s drawings have an important place in the Print Cabinet. They are the best contemporary documentation of how Antwerp looked in the 19th century, before the emergence of photography. In 1864, the city’s appearance changed dramatically, with the demolition of the Spanish fortifications and the straightening of the quays.

Primary education

Go back in time with your pupils. Enter the home and publishing house of the world famous Christoffel Plantin. Experience how the famous Antwerp publishing family lived and worked.

Mercator: Travels into the Unknown

This exhibition focused on the fascinating interaction between the practice of travel in the 16th and 17th centuries and the development of cartography, with travel reports, books, letters, maps and atlases, instruments and prints. The exhibition also commemorated the five hundredth anniversary of cartographer Gerard Mercator (1512-1594).

Jan I Moretus and the Struggle over the Press

On 22 September 2010 it was exactly 400 years since the death of Jan I Moretus (or Jan Moerentorf) in 1610. This exhibition covered his twenty-year struggle over the press and used original archive records to show how Jan I Moretus held a steady course through stormy waters.

Following Columbus

Antwerp books and prints around the world

18.04.2009 - 19.07.2009 | This exhibition looked at the considerable influence of the Antwerp printing houses on printing and visual culture in the overseas territories up to the 18th century.

Hebraica Veritas. Did God Speak Hebrew?

Antwerp books and prints around the world

The study of Hebrew, books in that language and new translations were a booming business in the second half of the 16th century. Businessman Christophe Plantin took advantage of this new market and acquired Hebrew fonts which are today the oldest and most precious in the world.