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!
Twenty newly recognised masterpieces
Rare and indispensable jewellery and silver objects were awarded masterpiece status
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Silver Triennial versus A Brilliant Story
There are discernible links between creations in the Silver Triennial and items on display in DIVA’s permanent exhibition A Brilliant Story. What are the similarities?
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
Drawing and modelling to become a silversmith
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
Eminent elegance. Jewellery designs by L. Vander Cruycen
Exhibition brochure Eminent Elegance, DIVA, Antwerp, 2019
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