Antwerp Sights

Plantin-Moretus Museum/Prentenkabinet

  • Vrijdagmarkt 22-23 Map It
  • Sint-Andrieskwartier

Published 09/09/2015

Fodor's Review

For three centuries, beginning in 1555, this was the home and printing plant of an extraordinary publishing dynasty; the family printed innumerable bibles, breviaries, and missals. Christophe Plantin's greatest technical achievement was the Biblia Regia (in room 16), eight large volumes containing the Bible in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, and Aramaic, complete with notes, glossaries, and grammars.

The first three rooms were the family quarters, furnished in 16th-century luxury and containing several portraits by Rubens. Others remain as they were when occupied by accountants, editors, and proofreaders, while many contain Bibles and religious manuscripts dating back to the 9th century, including one owned by King Wenceslas of Bohemia. The workshops are filled with Plantin's 16 printing presses. Two typefaces designed here, Plantin and Garamond, are still in use. The presses are in working order, and are the oldest surviving examples in the world—you can even purchase a copy of Plantin's sonnet, Le Bonheur de ce monde (An ode to contentment), printed on the original press. There's also a free information brochure available in English.

Sight Information

Address:

Vrijdagmarkt 22-23, Antwerp, 2000, Belgium

Map It

Phone:

03-221–1450

Sight Details:

  • €8; free last Wed. of month
  • Tues.–Sun. 10–5; last ticket sold at 4:30

Published 09/09/2015

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