The MoMu collection features a very diverse collection of clothing, lace, embroidery, fabrics and tools for artisan textile processing. Every year the MoMu organizes two thematic exhibitions, with a side program consisting of workshops, guided tours, lectures and debates. The museum aims to draw out the visitor, through a surprising use of space or a different presentation. The starting point is the creation of purely esthetical pleasure and a visionary and sociological story.

On the ground floor in the gallery the MoMu organizes three or four smaller exhibitions, which respond to current events. The collection of the MoMu library consists of some 15,000 books, catalogues, magazines and documentation on fashion, fashion designers, clothing, ethnic costumes, handwork, textile art, etc.

The museum pursues a dynamic and changing exhibition policy and wants to create a context for fashion and clothes behavior. For the MoMu fashion means more than the sum of clothing and textile.

Current temporary exhibition: Delvaux – 180 Years of Luxury

This exhibition follows Delvaux, Belgian’s most famous handbag designer from the manufacture of travel goods for the local nobility in the 19th century, through the rise of the modern handbag in the 20th century, to the company’s vision of a new kind of elegance under its artistic director Veronique Branquinho.

http://www.visitflanders.us/index.php?page=delvaux

Practical Information:
ModeMuseum (MoMu)
Nationalestraat 28
2000 Antwerpen
www.momu.be

The museum is open daily, except on Mondays from 10 am to 6 pm. Every first Thursday of the month the museum stays open until 9 pm. Between exhibitions the MoMu closes for alterations.