Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp

M HKA
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.
Location of M HKA in Antwerp
Established 20 September 1985 (1985-09-20)
Location Leuvenstraat 32 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Coordinates 51°12′40″N 4°23′23″E / 51.211111°N 4.389722°E / 51.211111; 4.389722Coordinates: 51°12′40″N 4°23′23″E / 51.211111°N 4.389722°E / 51.211111; 4.389722
Type Art museum
Collections Contemporary Art
Collection size 2.039 (2012)
Visitors 96.759 (2012)
Director Bart de Baere
Website http://www.muhka.be/

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (Dutch: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, commonly abbreviated as M HKA, previously MuHKA) is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium, and it is one of the most important art museums in Belgium. The museum holds a permanent collection of contemporary art from Belgian and international artists, an arthouse cinema and an extensive library of books on contemporary art. The architect responsible for the creation of the museum from an old grain storage space (1987) was Michel Grandsard who also designed the extension of the museum (1997).

The director of the museum since 1992 is Bart de Baere.


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