Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum

The Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum occupies the ground floor and second floor of Het Redershuis in Antwerp. The protected mansion overlooks the city’s historic riverfront, with late nineteenth-century architecture and richly decorated interiors.

Around two hundred works trace Eugeen Van Mieghem’s artistic response to Antwerp and Flanders at the turn of the twentieth century. Chronological displays bring social and cultural life into view through varied techniques. A film follows the painter’s life, while books offer further context about his work. The museum opened to the public in 2010 after its collection and building were restored.

Gustave Albrecht commissioned Het Redershuis in 1896 as a family mansion and maritime office. Jos Hertogs designed the building, while Henri Verbuecken combined art nouveau, Venetian quattrocento, Japanese Edo, Flemish neo-Renaissance, and Louis XVI decoration. The former restaurant La Rade once hosted Antwerp’s literary and poetry circles. Today, the atrium, grand stairway, and contrasting reception rooms preserve a vivid record of the city’s architectural and maritime past.