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MoMu+Friends in Paris

October 3, 2016 – 14:29

‘Qui porte quoi?’ or ‘who wears what?’ is the central question posed in Pallais Galliera’s current exhibition L’Anatomie d’une collection. On Saturday 1 October,  MoMu+Friends took its members on a day trip to Paris to see the exhibition, which features some of the highlights of the museum’s collection – and the stories behind them. The kind […]

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Join MoMu+Friends and enjoy extra activities!

September 5, 2016 – 08:41

    Join MoMu+Friend and MoMu+Close Friend and you can enjoy special activities and advantages through the whole year. Besides a year free entrance to all the exhitions, you also get the opportunity to have a unique view behind the scenes of the Antwerp fashion world. From the opening of Rik Wouters & het huiselijk utopia on 17 […]

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MoMu+Friends have SWEET 18 at Kasteel d’Ursel!

June 11, 2015 – 10:55

This Tuesday MoMu+Friends visited the SWEET 18-exhibition now running at Kasteel d’Ursel in Antwerp. The FRIENDS, BENEFACTORS OF MOMU, enjoyed a guided tour by the curator of the MoMu-collection, Wim Mertens, who showed us the influence of the 18th century on contemporary art and design. Entering the park of kasteel d’Ursel it struck us that there couldn’t […]

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MoMu+friends, Karl Lagerfeld and a trip to Bonn

April 28, 2015 – 15:23

“Fashion that does not reach the streets is not fashion” This was said by Karl Lagerfeld  who knew early on, as fashion visionary, that the future of fashion wasn’t just in haute couture. His creations made it past the catwalk, beyond the streets and into the museum, in this case Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, captured in […]

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SWEET 18 – A day in the life of Marie Antoinette

April 22, 2015 – 10:02

For many artists the 18th century is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. The exhibition SWEET 18 at Kasteel d’Ursel in Antwerp will show you the 18th century through the eyes of fifty contemporary designers. Put together by curators with expertise in various art forms, the exhibition allows you to discover how The Age of Enlightenment influenced the work […]

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MoMu+Friends meets Wouters & Hendrix

April 3, 2015 – 09:41

When you are a MoMu+Friend you go places! Recently, Antwerp jewellery designer Wouters & Hendrix opened the doors of their studio to welcome members of MoMu+Friends, the membership programme of MoMu. Katrin Wouters and Karen Hendrix welcomed us with some lovely drinks and took us back to the days when it all started. Did you […]

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Give the gift of fashion: a MoMu+Friends membership

December 23, 2014 – 11:22

Give the gift of membership this holiday season! Why not give the fashion aficionados in your friends and family circle a gift that lasts all year long? Members of MoMu+Friends get free access to MoMu’s exhibitions for themselves and can even bring a second person along for free. Our upcoming Dries Van Noten. Inspirations exhibition is definitely one […]

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Birds of Paradise closing event with Kate MccGwire

August 11, 2014 – 17:10

Especially for MoMu+Friends, the friends organization of our museum, we will be organizing an exclusive closing event of our Birds of Paradise. Plumes and Feathers in Fashion exhibition on Saturday 23 August. During the event, MoMu+Friends members will receive a special tour by renowned British artist Kate MccGwire whose work is on display in the […]

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MoMu+Friends in Paris

May 20, 2014 – 11:38

Last Saturday, MoMu+Friends, the friends organization of our museum, took off to Paris to visit de Dries Van Noten – Inspirations exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs. We could not have wished for a more beautiful day in Paris, both the exhibition and the city were a sight to behold. The sun had already risen when […]

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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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