Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
| Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen | |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.
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 Location of M HKA in Antwerp
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| Established | 20 September 1985 |
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| Location | Leuvenstraat 32 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51°12′40″N 4°23′23″E / 51.211111°N 4.389722°ECoordinates: 51°12′40″N 4°23′23″E / 51.211111°N 4.389722°E |
| 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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