Antwerp - Museum of Fine Arts (closed for renovations) Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
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The Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Museum of Fine Arts) celebrated its centenary in 1990, having opened its doors 11 years after work began on its Neo-Classical building in 1879. The nucleus of the museum's collection belonged originally to the Lucas Guild of Painters and Sculptors, founded in 1442. Following the winding up of the guild in 1773 the works of art accumulated over the years passed into the possession of the Academy of Fine Arts and were housed in the Academy's premises in the old Minorite monastery.
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The collection is housed on two floors.
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Address:
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Plaatsnijdersstraat 2
, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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