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Antwerp - Butcher's Hall Vleeshuis Museum

The elegant rooms of the late Gothic Vleeshuis (Butchers' Hall) in the Vleeshouwerstraat include the former council chamber of the butchers' guild. The impressive brick building, built in 1501-04, was deliberately sited close to the Scheldt, allowing the blood of slaughtered animals to run off into the river.

The Vleeshuis is now a museum of applied art and archaeology with collections of pre-historic, Egyptian, Roman and Merovingian artifacts; weapons and armor; ceramics; furniture; sculpture and woodwork; and coins. Among its most prized possessions are a depiction of the conversion of Saul in 16th C. Antwerp tiles, the Averbode Retable by Pieter Coecke van Aelst.

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Musical Instruments

Located in the Vleeshuis is an outstanding collection of musical instruments including the remarkable harpsichord from the workshop of Ruckers the instrument-makers.
Address
Antwerp Butcher's Hall
Vleeshouwerstraat 38-40
B-2000 Antwerp
Belgium
Hours
January 1 to December 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Halloween (October 31)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
Transit
Tram: 6; Bus: 34, 7, 2, 15.
Typical Visit
1 hour 30 minutes
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