KMSKA Backstage: The Building
We’re building not just one museum for you but two. Two in the space of one! Come and take a peek backstage!
We’re building not just one museum for you but two. Two in the space of one! Come and take a peek backstage!
The scaffolding has been removed from the museum’s facade. You can now see the original colour of the stone once more.
Alongside the renovation of the building, we’re also remodelling the garden around the museum.
Photographer Karin Borghouts is recording every stage of the renovations. Through to the reopening. Take a peek behind the hoardings and find out how the works are progressing.
Marble was unveiled in the new upper room.
A mezzanine in the new museum volume. The daylight is directed to the underlying halls with a void.
The painting work has started in the various historical museum rooms. These rooms will get their original color again.
The painting work has started in the various historical museum rooms. These rooms will get their original color again.
The painting work has started in the various historical museum rooms. These rooms will get their original color again.
The parquet is restored and cleaned in the 19th-century halls. The wall finish is also updated and painted.
The parquet is restored and cleaned in the 19th-century halls. The wall finish is also updated and painted.
The new museum rooms will be further finished. This is one of the new downstairs rooms.
This beautiful loft, finished with marble, provides daylight in the new downstairs rooms.
In the new museum volume there will be a mix of large and small halls.
The restoration of the museum facade on the Schildersstraat side has been completed. Due to the thorough cleaning you can now see the original color of the stone again.
View of the 198 skylights on the roof of the museum.
Thomas Vinçotte's Triumph of the Fine Arts shows off again in its full glory on the museum roof. The horses underwent a thorough restoration.
Thomas Vinçotte's Triumph of the Fine Arts shows off again in its full glory on the museum roof. The horses underwent a thorough restoration.
Thomas Vinçotte's Triumph of the Fine Arts shows off again in its full glory on the museum roof. The horses underwent a thorough restoration.
How do you go about inserting a hypermodern steel structure into classical patios? View the time-lapse sequence.
The new museum is evolving. Browse the plans drawn up by KAAN Architects. Explore the refurbished theme galleries and modern volumes. Visit the museum garden and library.
The Rubens room will get the original burgundy color.
One of the lower rooms in the new museum volume with an elevator for visitors at the back.
In the new museum volume there will be a mix of large and small rooms.
A long staircase connects the different floors of the new museum section.
Just below the long museum staircase there will be a golden corridor in which visitors can see one artwork.
A view of the U-shaped upper room.
A view of the U-shaped upper room. The ceiling consists of skylights that let in the daylight.
A mezzanine in the new museum volume. The daylight is directed to the underlying halls with a void.
The voids that lead down the daylight ensure a beautiful view for visitors.
A cross section of the new museum volume. Thanks to this new section, the exhibition space is increasing.
Cross section of the library and museum shop.
Team van Meer! recreates the garden around the museum building.
The reconstructed garden will be the first exhibition hall of the museum.
The old tour in the historic building is being restored.
Rebuilding a museum is no small thing. It takes artistically minded people. From the client, architects and builders, to the scenographer and the designer of the museum garden. Get to know the KMSKA builders.