Antwerp is a city on a river. It has a port. For centuries this has made it a place of meeting, encounter and exchange. The MAS takes up the traces of these exchanges and with them it tells new stories.
About the city, the river, the port. About the world in all its diversity. About the essential connection between Antwerp and the world. Come and meet Antwerp in the world, come and meet the world in Antwerp.

MAS Souvenirs provides a glimpse of the rich and exceptionally varied collection held at the MAS. At the same time, this booklet takes the form of a keepsake, containing a sequence of some 250 pictured objects from the MAS placed side by side regardless of provenance, age or context - objects that emphasize not only their points of divergence within mankind's global heritage but, above all, their remarkable points of connection.