Stories
While the objects in our collection tell age-old stories, they also inspire contemporary makers, researchers and museum professionals alike to create new ones. Read them right here!

Drawing and modelling to become a silversmith
Wim Nys - Exhibition catalogue "Driven by talent", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2013

Eminent elegance. Jewellery designs by L. Vander Cruycen
Exhibition brochure Eminent Elegance, DIVA, Antwerp, 2019

Wiskemann
Wim Nys - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

Networking in high society
Timothy De Paepe - Museum Vleeshuis | Klank van de stad, University Antwerp

Verschuylen and the Antwerp school
Wim Nys - Exhibition catalogue "Driven by talent", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2013

Talented silversmiths after 1968
Wim Nys - Exhibition catalogue "Driven by talent", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2013

The dichotomy of silver plate
Leo De Ren - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

Belgian cutlery production after the Second World War
Lien Ruttyn - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

The eventful life of Etablissements Lemaire & de Vernisy in rapidly changing times
Julie Lenaerts - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

Ondine, a mere bagatelle from Expo 58?
Werner Adriaenssens - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

‘Scheppend ambacht in de Provincie Antwerpen’
Ko Goubert - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008

Léopold Alexandre Vansteeger (1927 – 2004) and the Pierre Vansteeger workshops in Anderlecht
Wim Nys - Exhibition catalogue "Fifties Silver", Silvermuseum Sterckshof, Deurne, 2008