Antwerp - Folk Museum

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Description

Immediately behind the town hall, in the Gildekamersstraat, two former guild-houses have been turned into a folk museum devoted to the many traditional arts and crafts found in the Antwerp area. The museum has collections of marionettes and costumes etc. and a complete chemist's shop and pharmacy.

Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Folk art exhibit; Medical, pharmacy attraction

Do-It-Yourself Tours

Antwerp Inner Old City and Scheldt Embankment Walking Tour

Address

Antwerp Folk Museum
Gildekamersstraat 2-6
B-2000 Antwerp
Belgium

http://museum.antwerpen.be/volkskunde/

Hours



Open	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed		17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Ascension Thursday - Christian All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)