Monthly Archives: August 2013

Antwerp icons photoshoot

August 28, 2013 – 15:39

Keep an eye out for the Antwerp Icons popping up all over Antwerp next week! Happy Birthday Dear Academie! – 12 renowned designers, all graduates of the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, chose an iconic piece from their archive. MoMu invited photographer Ronald Stoops, make-up artist Inge Grognard and designer […]

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Putting Belgian Fashion on Wikipedia

August 26, 2013 – 10:00

On Monday 23 September 2013 Europeana Fashion, in collaboration with volunteers from Wikipedia, is organising a fashion edit-a-thon in the library of MoMu – ModeMuseum Province of Antwerp For this fashion edit-a-thon, Europeana Fashion invites people with fashion knowledge to edit new and existing articles about fashion on Wikipedia. Fashion bloggers, curators, students and lovers […]

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Cultuurmarkt 2013

August 25, 2013 – 12:44

Check our upcoming expo at Cultuurmarkt 2013 today! MoMu shares a booth together with FoMu and the Diamond Museum at the Meir until 6PM today!

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Happy Birthday Dear Academie!

August 23, 2013 – 14:49

From 8 September 2013 till 16 February 2014 MoMu will present the exhibition ’50 Years Antwerp Fashion Department’. The exhibition is one of the many projects of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp celebrating its 350th anniversary. The exhibition will highlight various aspects of Antwerp fashion education during the first fifty years of its […]

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Greetings from New York!

August 20, 2013 – 11:58

It is no secret that our MoMu+Friends are real fashion lovers! Check out this picture we received from New York from our Dutch MoMu+Friends Annette and Emile. Partly due to their work they travel the world cities and local fashion exhibitions are always on their to-do list! Annette and Emile posed in front of the […]

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Mother’s Day!

August 14, 2013 – 10:00

Still looking for the perfect gift for Mother’s Day in Antwerp tomorrow? Why not a MoMu+Friends membership, a fashionable gift that lasts all year long! P.S.: It includes all year long free entrance to the exhibitions for your mother and one guest, so you can enjoy it too!

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View the Europeana Fashion International Conference Online

August 6, 2013 – 10:00

Last April, Europeana Fashion hosted an international conference in April, attracting speakers from various fields within the fashion industry, from museums and universities to commercial enterprises and media. They came together to discuss the role of fashion archives, fashion education and fashion in new media. All the lectures can now be viewed and enjoyed online! […]

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Finished drawing by Brecht Vandenbroucke

August 5, 2013 – 14:46

Here are some snapshots of the finished drawing which was coloured by the more then 3.000 people we welcomed last Saturday for Museum Night! Thank you Brecht! And thanks to everyone that left their mark on the drawing!

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Colour me at MoMu Museumnight!

August 2, 2013 – 11:43

For Museum Night this Saturday we asked Belgian illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke to make blank drawing which can be coloured by our visitors. The 6 meter drawing has been set up in our hall by Asap and is inspired by our current Silks & Prints exhibition. You can recognize our MoMu building, several motifs and patterns […]

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MoMu at the Royal Palace in Brussels

August 1, 2013 – 08:33

The Royal Palace in Brussels is on of the most beautiful official buildings in our capital. Our staff at the Collection Department had the honour and privilege of setting up the outfits worn by the Belgian Royal family at their official crowning July 21st. The installation with the outfits are part of the summer exhibition […]

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