About the museum

Two million passengers travelled from Antwerp, the Red Star Line's main European port, to North America on board Red Star Line ships. The museum focuses on their stories, that of the Red Star Line that transported them and that of Antwerp, the city and port from which they embarked on their journeys.

News

The latest news on the Red Star Line Museum.

The Red Star Line Museum in a nutshell

The Red Star Line Museum. An eventful journey in the footsteps of the emigrants.

Come aboard

Does the Red Star Line Museum hold a special place in your heart? Are you fascinated by the unique story that the museum tells? Was a member of your family a passenger on a Red Star Line ship? Welcome to the Museum family.

Organisation

The Red Star Line Museum is the newest museum in Antwerp. It took a long time to develop the museum’s concept but we are proud of the result. Ten years of hard work have resulted in a wonderful museum. A look behind the scenes of Antwerp’s newest museum.

History

You don’t just build a museum in one, two, three. And you don’t build it alone. The idea for the museum was launched in 1992. Since then several partners have come aboard this project which finally sailed towards 28 September 2013.