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About the museum

The brilliant and versatile artist Rubens lived in this palazzo with his family. Here he also painted with his colleagues and assistants. He created many of his paintings in this house, in the centre of Antwerp. The museum has an interesting collection but also shows visitors how the master lived and worked.

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Do you like the Rubens House and do you want to ensure that the quality of its activities and operations is assured for the future? You can do this by supporting the Rubens House. You can do this in many ways: as a friend, a volunteer, a donor or a sponsor.

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Organisation

The Rubens House opened as a museum in 1946. From this time onwards, the employees have strived every day to showcase the versatility of Rubens to the largest possible audience. Find out more about who works at the museum and how we achieve this.

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The Rubens House is renovating. The museum is temporarily closed. In the coming years, we will make the historic artist's home ready for the future. 

About Rubens

About Rubens

He was capable of everything and knew everything. He was a brilliant and versatile artist, run a large studio, spoke several languages, collected art, designed his own home, travelled around Europe as a diplomat and was interested in science. Rubens was well-versed in almost everything.