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Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
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Victoriano Moreno
Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
©
Victoriano Moreno
Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
©
Victoriano Moreno
Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
©
Victoriano Moreno
Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
©
Victoriano Moreno
Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572
©
Victoriano Moreno

Museum Plantin-Moretus

Christopher Plantin: Manager of the year 1572

Who on earth was Plantin? Christopher Plantin was an intellectual with a flair for business. Shortly before 1550, he moved from France to Antwerp. Five years later he started his own printing press, which he built into the largest in the world.

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Dutch, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian
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From 02/02/2021 11:00 pm (UTC) until 31/12/2030 10:59 pm (UTC)

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Select the number of participants per guided tour or the number of individual tickets needed.

€115,00 per group

Attention: for this tour you must purchase (online) museum entrance tickets separately, which can be done via the link below:

Plantin-Moretus museum ticket

Vrijdagmarkt 22, 2000 Antwerpen Vrijdagmarkt 22, 2000 Antwerpen

Meet the visionary publisher Christopher Plantin. Find out about the life and work of the ambitious Plantin and Moretus printing families. Upstairs in the Museum Plantin-Moretus you will discover a number of amazing precious books that were published and printed here.

Practical information:

  • This guided tour is suitable for groups of adults
  • Maximum 15 persons per group
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Your museum ticket is valid all day long
Contact details for visitors
http://www.museumplantinmoretus.be
Vrijdagmarkt 22
2000 Antwerpen
Opening hours
Monday (except on Easter Monday and Whit Monday): closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00
The museum is also closed on the following holidays: 1 January, 1 May, Ascension Day, 1 November and 25 December
Is this tour also suitable for disabled people?

The tour will take place on the ground floor and the first floor. Wheelchair users can only visit the ground floor. The museum is a historic house that grew organically over centuries. That’s why there are several steps on the first floor to go from one room to another, which is not possible to navigate with a wheelchair. The guide will adapt the workshop accordingly.

  • You will discover the fascinating life of Christopher Plantin
  • You will enjoy the beautiful patrician house and the authentic workshops of a 16th-century printing house
  • You will discover the enormous number of books produced by Plantin
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