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Plantin-Moretus Museum

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The Plantin-Moretus Museum is linked with the spreading of ideas of European humanism via its printing business Officina Plantiniana.

The museum is housed in the former residence and printing business of famous printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus. They had a successful printing workshop and publishing house in the late 16th century, printing humanist and scientific publications. The workshop, its furnishings and the immaterial heritage associated with the business have been preserved in the original location.

Community Perspective: Everyone seems to like this one, and you can easily spend two hours inside drooling over the typographical matrices, the globes, the Gutenberg Bible and the Rubens paintings.

Site Info

Official Information
Full Name
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (ID: 1185)
Country
Belgium
Status
Inscribed 2005 Site history
History of Plantin-Moretus Museum
2005: Inscribed
Inscribed
Type
Cultural
Criteria
  • ii
  • iii
  • iv
  • vi
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News Article
  • 21 Jun 2018 vrt.be — 450 year old Biblia Polyglotta on show at Museum Plantin-Moretus
  • 28 Sep 2016 deredactie.be — Plantin-Moretus Museum reopens after refurbishment
  • 9 Mar 2016 gva.be — Plantin-Moretus Museum to close May-Sept 2016for refurbishment

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  • Secular structure: Science and Education
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Individual People
  • Peter Paul Rubens
    He was a friend of the family and made several paintings/bookcovers for them
Geography
  • Scheldt
    In Antwerp, some 300m from the Scheldt
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Architecture
  • Baroque
    "Criterion (iv): As an outstanding example of the relationship between the living environment of a family during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the world of work and the world of commerce, the Plantin-Moretus Complex is of unrivalled documentary value relating to significant periods of European history: the Renaissance, the Baroque and Classicism. (Official description)
  • Brick architecture
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  • Built in the 16th century
    Christoffel Plantin set himself up as a printer in 1555, founding his publishing house 'De Gulden Passer' (The Golden Compasses). In 1576 he moved his printing business to the Vrijdagmarkt square.
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  • Named after individual people
    Christoffel Plantin and his son-in-law, Jan Moretus, both printers
  • Name changes

    Upon inscription, from Plantin-Moretus Museum to Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex

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vrt.be 21/06/2018
450 year old Biblia Polyglotta on …
deredactie.be 28/09/2016
Plantin-Moretus Museum reopens aft…
gva.be 09/03/2016
Plantin-Moretus Museum to close Ma…
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