Dulle Griet in het museum foto: Ans Brys

Please note: Museum Mayer van den Bergh is closed for renovation

The Museum Mayer van den Bergh will be closed for an extended period due to renovation works. From 20 June 2025, you can still admire Bruegel’s Mad Meg and other highlights at the nearby Maagdenhuis. Read more about the Beloved Favourites exhibition here.

Discover Museum Mayer van den Bergh

The atmospheric collector's museum Museum Mayer van den Bergh is closed until 2029 for major restoration and expansion. This will allow us to tell the unique story of the Mayer van den Bergh family and their extraordinary art collection even better.

Fortunately, you don't have to wait until 2029 to get acquainted already! In this video, you will discover the museum's greatest art treasures and the unique story of mother and son Mayer van den Bergh.

About Fritz, his masterpieces and Bruegel

Who was Fritz?

The museum bears the name of Fritz Mayer van den Bergh. Who was he?

Highlights

You will be astonished, moved and awe-struck by these masterpieces.

Discover Bruegel

At the museum you will come face to face with the work of Pieter Bruegel and his Mad Meg.

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Calvarie met stichterspaar, Massys in het museum

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.  

Stories from the Archives

In addition to a valuable art collection, the Museum Mayer van den Bergh houses an extensive historical archive. The core of this was bequeathed by Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, the museum's founder. The archive contains a wealth of information about the works of art in the collection, the foundation of the museum, and the eventful lives of Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, his mother Henriette, and the family. In this web dossier, we recount some of these stories.

In the future

Verbouwing

Museum reunited with family residence

Museum Mayer van den Bergh is expanding. The museum of the future will include the adjacent corner house - once the childhood home of art collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh - and a new building. The preliminary design for the renovation and expansion is ready!