MAS (Museum aan de Stroom): Tickets, Free Rooftop & Antwerp City Pass
1.5 - 2.5 h
Museum (History & Culture)
Opened 2011, in Antwerp's redeveloped Eilandje harbour district
Hanzestedenplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
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Practical Visitor Info & Tips
€12.00
€8.00 (ages 18-25, A-card holders, groups of 12+). Free for under-18s, museum pass and ICOM/teacher-card holders (reservation still required).
Galleries: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 (last entry 16:00), closed Mondays (except Easter Monday and Whit Monday). Rooftop/boulevard: Tue-Sun 09:30-22:00, extended to midnight April-October.
Mandatory online time-slot reservation for the galleries, even for free-admission categories. The rooftop/boulevard need no ticket or reservation.
Antwerp's largest museum, in the Eilandje harbour district, covering the city's history as a port and trading hub. The spiralling exterior boulevard and rooftop panorama are open to the public free of charge.
| Option | Price | Booking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard gallery ticket (25+) | €12.00 | Mandatory online time-slot reservation | |
| Reduced (18-25 / A-card / groups 12+) | €8.00 | Mandatory online time-slot reservation | |
| Rooftop boulevard & panorama | Free | No ticket needed | |
| Antwerp City Pass holders | Free (included) | Mandatory online time-slot reservation |
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Ticket Options
€12.00
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See pass compatibility below ↓Overview & History
MAS (Museum aan de Stroom, "Museum by the River") is Antwerp's largest museum, a spiralling red-sandstone-and-glass tower rising over the Eilandje district on the Scheldt. Its galleries explore Antwerp's history as a port and trading city, while the boulevard and rooftop panorama that wind around the building's exterior are open to the public free of charge, without a museum ticket.
What to See: Top Highlights
Free Rooftop Panorama
The building's spiralling boulevard and rooftop viewpoint over Antwerp and the Scheldt are open to everyone free of charge, with no museum ticket required.
Permanent Collection Galleries
Exhibitions on Antwerp's history as a port city, spanning trade, world cultures, and daily life across the centuries.
Visible Storage
A glass-walled depot displaying thousands of additional museum objects not on regular exhibition.
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Compare Antwerp PassesConfirmed included — MAS's own official ticketing page states that Antwerp City Pass holders get free gallery admission (a timed-entry slot must still be reserved). The rooftop and boulevard are free for all visitors regardless of any pass.
Antwerp City Pass
Included. Confirmed directly on MAS's own official ticketing page (mas.be/en/page/tickets), which names the Antwerp City Pass as giving free gallery admission (a reserved time slot is still required). Also listed by name on antwerpcitypass.be's own 16-museum list.
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