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Restoration Dulle Griet reveals unseen wealth of colour and fresh discoveries

Peter Bruegel the Elder’s Dulle Griet has regained its spectacular original appearance with the rediscovery during restoration of a blue-green sky. Click here for more info

Accessibility

Everyone should be able to easily use and view the information on the website of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, not least the visually impaired, blind, hearing impaired, deaf and persons with other disabilities. The Museum Mayer van den Bergh strives to make its website as accessible as possible, by 2022 at the latest. We do this in accordance with the EU directives and the Flemish Administration Decree.

Tel mee af naar kerst

Er staat een bijzondere kerst voor de deur. Wij zorgen graag voor wat extra warmte en verbondenheid. Met onze adventskalender brengen we 24 prachtige kunstwerken uit onze collectie. Op zoek naar het geschikte menu of het perfecte cadeau? Zoek je een leuke anekdote om het ijs te breken of een interessant weetje om indruk te maken? Iedere dag opent een nieuw deurtje om je voor te bereiden op een warm en vrolijk kerstfeest.

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At home in a museum

The story of Henriëtte and Fritz Mayer van den Bergh

Our colleague Ulrike Müller wrote a superb book about our museum and its founders Fritz and Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh.

Thirteenth-Century sculptural group of Christ and St. John the Evangelist regains its former shine

The intimate sculptural group of Christ and St. John the Evangelist (1280–1290) has been fully restored and is once again on display in Antwerp. This masterpiece by Heinrich von Konstanz now features in the exhibition Beloved. An intimate look at masterpieces, selected by author and screenwriter Angelo Tijssens. Conservators from the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels meticulously cleaned the wood and stabilised the polychromy.

Christ on the Cross with Donors regains colourful splendour

The monumental triptych 'Christ on the Cross with Donors' painted by Quintin Massys (1456/66-1530) is once more on display in our museum for visitors to admire. Until late February 2024, the work could be seen in the successful exhibition of artistic masterpieces entitled ‘Rare and Indispensable’ in the MAS in Antwerp. Before that, it had undergone essential restoration work at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels. The masterpiece has now regained its original wealth of colour and can now be seen as Massys intended.  

Under restoration

Taking care of our collection

Museum Mayer van den Bergh ensures the proper preservation of the house and collection. But for some objects, good conservation is not enough. This is when we move on to restoration.

The story of a museum and family residence

Historical background

In 1862, the Mayer van den Bergh family moved into the city palace on the corner of Lange Gasthuisstraat and Arenbergstraat. Fritz was raised to have a love of art. After his death, his mother Henriëtte had a museum built next to the family home.