MAS curator maps Antwerp water heritage for the first time

The Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) manages an extensive collection of heritage ships. Much of it is a legacy of the former National Maritime Museum. A very heterogeneous collection, which until now had not been mapped out very systematically. Now that there are plans, albeit not yet set in stone, for a maritime museum on the Droogdokkens site in Antwerp, it is high time to take stock of the collection and assess the various ships and boats for their heritage value, uniqueness, relevance to an ‘Antwerp’ or broader story about shipping.