This museum is a wonderful gem! I was so impressed by how polished and unique the experience was. I found the whole experience to be very charming and interesting. My #1 recommendation would be to take the audio guide. The staff made it seem like it was a take it or leave it option that gave you more general information about the museum and its founders than any specific artifacts -which is true. That being said, I found the audio tour so charming. The audio is a mock guide made to mimic the owners of the house. Normally I find that type of guide to be annoying or inaccurate in some way but I thought it was very witty and well done. It seemed like the audio guide captured the personalities and relationships of the owners very well. I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone but I personally felt it made my experience really fun. Ticket price is very reasonable (esp for students) and the entire museum can be done in 45 mins to 1.5 hours. The house and its little courtyard are beautiful and and the museum gives you a sense of what Antwerp must have been like during the Seventeenth century. The paintings and artifacts are very interesting and worth seeing. The museum was not very crowded on the mid afternoon weekday that I visited. The coatroom lockers are free!! The staff is very pleasant and helpful. The front desk man/security gave me a very thorough guide on how to use the Ipad/navigate the museum. I also sneezed multiple times while working and security in each room always said bless you and were very friendly and helpful with directions. The museum does not have information plaques for the artifacts and uses Ipads instead. I was skeptical about this system when I was reading reviews as I thought it may be distracting but I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it and how easy the museum made it. They have by far the best museum exploration software i've ever seen -far better than any audio guide or tablet, I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed. The Ipad is set to camera and automatically recognizes when you are in a new room and begins the audio guide as you walk in. It also recognizes paintings when you hold the camera up to them and tells you their details and blurbs. Some of the bigger paintings even have analysis points drawn onto the canvas via the Ipad that you can click and learn more about. It is very intuitive. There are also some very well curated and designed interactive displays and activities. Some of the best I have ever done in any museum. The Bruegel display is especially fun. Highly highly educational and entertaining, I recommend it. The museum displays were well organized and curated, I truly was so impressed by how polished and well designed this smaller museum was. The room upstairs with the music is beautiful and very nice to see. There are not any extremely famous pieces but definitely dont let that deter you -this museum tells an excellent and interesting story that is worth a look. The audio guide and Ipad give more general Flemish art history background as well. There are a few Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Van Dycks that are very cool and worth seeing. I really recommend this museum, definitely give it a look if you have some free time and want to learn more about seventeenth century Antwerp and its artists/collectors culture.

Excellent collection of paintings by well-known Dutch painters. Well-organized and run small museum.

Take the tour with the free tablet (iPad) and headphones. It works really well telling you a story in each room you move into. It also provides descriptions for each painting and object (e.g. chest of drawers) in that room. The house and paintings give a great impression of the luxurious life of the Rockoxes.

Snjjders is a museum/historic house in Antwerp located in the historic center of the city. It contains paintings, engravings, sculptures, and artifacts from the 16th and 17th centuries. The collection of Flemish art is amazing and documents the material culture of that period. You can walk around the house and see the various domestic spaces. I was fascinated by the interior yard which added a sense of tranquility to the house and the music room with its period instruments. The audio tour is superb and included with the enteance fees. Definitely a gem!

This is probably the best museum I have ever been to. The house has a selection of excellent paintings and art objects with good descriptions. What really makes it is the well-integrated ipad guide- just point the ipad at the painting and it tells you about it! Makes it a very natural and interactive experience viewing everything. Well organized path as well. Recommend anyone in the area to go see it. Also a huge boon, nowhere near as crowded as Reuben’s house.

Wonderful painting collection and the staff is 5 stars!

(Translated by Google) Wonderful museum! Visit highly recommended! (Original) Prachtig museum! Bezoek zeer aan te raden!

The Snijders&Rockox House is an excellent museum. Art lovers, prioritise this over a visit to Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts. There are enough works by the old masters to warrant a visit. The museum is a beautiful conversion of two neighbouring houses that each belonged to important members of Antwerp's Baroque: Nicolaas Rockox (friend and patron of Peter Paul Rubens) and Frans Snyders (probably the second Flemish baroque painter after Rubens). Each visitor is given an iPad upon entry; this does not give the visitors any augmented reality as I had hoped, but it does provide some excellent extra information on each work. I feel I leaned a lot more at Rockhox House than I would at a regular art museum. I like that much of the integrity of the building is conserved, so its interior is something of a portal to the 17th century as well as an art museum. The information provided tells almost as much about life in Spanish Antwerp as it does fine art, and I found the experience rather immersive. Much of the museum is dedicated to the background and context of the Flemish baroque than it is to the artwork themselves. Check out the old musical instruments upstairs. There are lots of friendly staff around to answer your questions. They have a lot of passion for the work. Take some time to lounge in the lovely courtyard garden. Regular admissions tickets were 10 euros upon my last visit, which is little steep in my opinion, but all of Antwerp is expensive from an outsiders perspective.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum. With the tablet a lot of explanation that per work is sufficiently concise. Certainly corona proof. (Original) Mooi museum. Met de tablet heel veel uitleg dat per werk wel voldoende beknopt is. Zeker coronaproof.

The museum is a former patrician's house. The visitor is offered tablets that give interesting information on an object when you aim at an object with the tablet. Very valuable use of new technology as you get info on Antwerp, on specific paintings and on household objects in use at the time.

I recommend this small museum. Besides interesting paintings and facts about the painters, it gives an inside of how the city of Antwerpen was back then.

This wonderful artists house is up there with Rubens house, just not as well known - just go! The art and history are first class and the house is stunning. The staff were delightful, and they have iPads with the full history of each painting. Forget the queues at Rubens house and go here, the queues at Rubens house were around the block and here we were the only ones in the museum.

This is one of the best museums in Antwerp in my opinion. The staff was extremely helpful. They give you tablets to communicate the history of thr pieces. There is seating in each room. There are audio guides for your language if you desire.

The admission fee comes with a detailed guide book or an iPad with audio guide. Definitely worth a visit!

(Translated by Google) Extraordinary and professional reception! Very helpful with computer science. (Original) Buitengewoon en professionele ontvangst! Zeer behulpzaam met de informatica.

(Translated by Google) I was annoyed by the fact that the French commentary did not translate Antwerp into Anvers, while English was translated into Antwerp. French is still the second language of Belgium !!! (Original) Ik heb geergerd aan het feit dat in de franse commentaar Antwerpen niet vertaald is naar Anvers terwijl dat in het engels wel vertaald is naar Antwerp. Frans is nog steeds de tweede taal van België!!!

This is a must see.

(Translated by Google) History and art (Original) Geschiedenis en kunst

(Translated by Google) Blind Date and permanent collection very worthwhile. Good and clear corona guidelines. Special praise for employees at the desk! Due to limited number of visitors, ideal to visit the museum. (Original) Blind Date en vaste collectie zeer de moeite waard. Goede en duidelijke corona richtlijnen. Aparte pluim voor medewerker aan balie! Door beperkt aantal bezoekers, ideaal om museum te bezoeken.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful surprising exhibition with many pieces from the Phoebus collection (Original) Mooie verrassende tentoonstelling met veel stukken uit de Phoebus collection

(Translated by Google) Pearl (Original) Parel

Small museum with many gems and friendly staff. Worth a visit!

(Translated by Google) Gem (Original) Pareltje

Beautiful museum, definitely worth seeing!

(Translated by Google) Far too little known to the general public, which makes it so pleasant. Top collection and beautifully developed expo. (Original) Veel te weinig bekend bij het grote publiek, en daarom nog eens zo aangenaam. Topcollectie en fraai uitgebouwde expo.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful both as a location and the works on display. And the free catalog was a nice addition. The dolls on display were special, but actually had little to do with clothing and lace - there was no explanation about these 'dolls' or your clothes. (Original) Prachtig zowel als locatie als de tentoongestelde werken. En de gratis kataloog was een mooie aanvuller. De tentoongestelde poppen waren wel speciaal maar hadden eigenlijk weinig met kledij en kant te maken - er was ook geen duiding over deze 'poppen' of kun kledij.

Interesting museum to visit if you have a couple free hours. The museum guide app glitches sometimes, but otherwise great experience

(Translated by Google) Beautiful location and museum, (Original) Prachtige locatie en museum ,

(Translated by Google) Painting Exhibition. Very interesting and informative. (Original) Выставка живописи. Очень интересно и познавательно.

(Translated by Google) Superb museum with unique atmosphere. And a warm welcome and guidance by the employees. Recommended. (Original) Schitterend museum met unieke sfeer. En een hartelijk onthaal en begeleiding door de medewerkers. Een aanrader.

(Translated by Google) Fantastic place. Very nice Blind date with the past. (Original) Fantastische plek. Erg mooie Blind date met het verleden.

(Translated by Google) This review is mainly about the Blind date exhibition. Another great exhibition from the Phoebus Foundation. Just like their previous exhibitions, this one has been well thought out. The works in the Rockox House are beautifully presented and framed with an informative guide on paper and on tablet. If you allow enough time, you can also enjoy the permanent collection in this well-kept museum on a human scale. The Blind date exhibition also leads you to the beautiful Keizerskapel, the Saint Charles Borromeo Church and the Vleeshuis museum. The first two, in particular, had interesting works hanging in the context of this exhibition. We found the Vleeshuis with three works by Frans Snijders a little less, but that is purely personal. (Original) Deze review gaat voornamelijk over de Blind date tentoonstelling. Opnieuw een knappe tentoonstelling van de Phoebus Foundation. Net zoals hun eerdere tentoonstellingen is over deze ook weer goed nagedacht. De werken in het Rockoxhuis zijn mooi gebracht en gekaderd met een informatieve gids op papier en op tablet. Als je genoeg tijd uittrekt kan je ook genieten van de permanente collectie in dit verzorgde museum op mensenmaat. De Blind date tentoonstelling leidt je ook nog naar de prachtige Keizerskapel, de Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk en het museum Vleeshuis. Vooral de eerste twee hadden in het kader van deze tentoonstelling interessante werken hangen. Het Vleeshuis met drie werken van Frans Snijders vonden wij wat minder, maar dat is louter persoonlijk.

(Translated by Google) Visit 'Blind date' beautiful exhibition, but rather an explanation next to the paintings than on a tablet. Nobody looks at the paintings. (Original) Bezoek 'Blind date' mooie expo maar liever uitleg naast de schilderijen dan op tablet. Niemand kijkt er naar de schilderijen..

Small museum with some highlights, including Brueghel and Rubens. This museum is covered with your Antwerp pass.

Excellent little museum with paintings, furniture and musical instruments. You can spend about 1,5 here. Well worth the € 10,- entry price.

Nice museum good lighting, shows a picture how the wealthy used to live in Antwerp. Magnificent paintings and an amazing courtyard.

The use of iPads instead of audioguides makes the whole experience much better! A wonderful collection made even more accessible through enterprising use of technology. Make sure that a visit to this place is on your Antwerp itinerary!

Very good museum with the best welcoming and supporting personnel. Also the first one (I've been) with a supporting tablet identifying pictures and other pieces.

Very friendly personnel, beautiful house, interesting collection. Exhibition finis terrae was worth visiting

Beautiful and atmospheric museum, definitely worth for the building and collection!

Great museum, virtually no visitors there. The digital support (iPads with user friendly app) is excellent!

Very nice paintings

Very nice collection, and especially I appreciated use of ipads to learn about each painting

Lovely exhibition "blind date". Good system with tablet for the comments

A very fine home bursting with great art and a story about the family who occupied it.

Great Museum to visit if you are in Antwerp. it's small, so easy to visit if you don't have too much time

Great stuff.

(Translated by Google) Very nice collection. (Original) Heel mooie collectie.

(Translated by Google) Always recommended, both for the permanent collection and for the temporary exhibitions. (Original) Altijd een aanrader, zowel voor de vaste collectie als voor de tijdelijke tentoonstellingen..

(Translated by Google) Nice collection of paintings and accessories. You get a tablet and headphones for more explanation. Recommended. (Original) Mooie collectie aan schilderijen en toebehoren. Je krijgt een tablet en een hoofdtelefoon voor meer uitleg. Een aanrader.

(Translated by Google) You should plan an hour: it's worth it not only because of the pictures, but also because of the house. For the audio tour there is an iPad with information about every picture and object. (Original) Man sollte eine Stunde Zeit einplanen: es lohnt sich nicht nur wegen der Bilder, sondern auch wegen des Hauses. Für die Audio-Tour gibt es ein iPad mit Infos zu jedem Bild und Gegenstand.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful building, practical exhibition by Jan Bruegel! (Original) Prachtig gebouw, praktisch tentoonsteling van Jan Bruegel!

(Translated by Google) Beautiful exhibition about blind date portraits with glances and blushes. (Original) Mooie tentoonstelling tema blind date portretten met blikken en blozen.

(Translated by Google) The temporary exhibition of Jan Breugel's drawings are really worth viewing. An incredible artist! (Original) De tijdelijke tentoonstelling van de tekeningen van Jan Breugel zijn echt de moeite om te bekijken. Een ongelooflijke kunstenaar!

(Translated by Google) Blessed exhibition of drawings by Jan Brueghel as well as the permanent collection can be seen! (Original) Zalige tentoonstelling van tekeningen van Jan Brueghel maar ook de permanente collectie mag gezien worden!

(Translated by Google) Beautiful patrician houses with art collection from the 17th century. (Original) Schitterende patriciërswoningen met kunstcollectie 17de eeuw.

(Translated by Google) The historic building in which the museum is housed is particularly impressive. The art museum itself displays interesting works by, among others, the various members of the Breugel dynasty, but also Rubens, ... (Original) Het historisch gebouw waarin het museum is onder gebracht, is bijzonder imposant. Het kunstmuseum zelf toont interessante werken van onder andere de verschillende leden van de Breugeldynastie, maar ook Rubens, ...

(Translated by Google) Nice museum with very special atmosphere. (Original) Mooie museum met heel bijzondere sfeer.

(Translated by Google) Very nice collection at a unique location. Very well prepared, very educational. (Original) Heel mooie collectie op een unieke lokatie. Zeer goed opgesteld, heel leerzaam.

(Translated by Google) Very interesting place I recommend (Original) Très intéressant comme endroit je recommande

(Translated by Google) Very nice location with beautiful paintings. (Original) Heel mooie locatie met prachtige schilderijen.

(Translated by Google) Atmospheric 16th century patrician houses With semi authentic decor (Original) Sfeervolle 16de eeuwse patriciërswoningen Met semi authentieke inrichting

(Translated by Google) Top! Recommended! (Original) Top! Aanrader!

(Translated by Google) Excellent exhibitions both permanent and temporary. Highly efficient tablet guide system. (Original) Excellente expos aussi bien permanente que temporaire. Système de guide par tablette très performant.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum with a lot of paintings (Original) Leuk museum met veel breugelschilderijen

(Translated by Google) Fascinating . Nice setting (Original) Boeiend . Mooie omkadering

(Translated by Google) Magnificent small museum in private house. Time has stopped (Original) Magnifico piccolo museo in casa privata. Il tempo si è fermato

Beautifull colection of art interesting way to learn about it but for me i had to look more often at tablet rather than the real pice of art

Very nice museum. Beautiful interior and great paintings of several artists.

A small window into the past, nice to go on a visit

The house once belonged to a leading patrician family in Antwerp and it offers a wide range of primarily art exhibits. Very little of the home interior remains and much of the collection would only be interesting for people familiar with art and art history. Otherwise worth a short visit.

Extremely interesting collection and Very interactive museum ! Take the time to go, it’s really worth the detour !

If you're interested in Rubens and the history of Antwerp, this is a great museum to visit: the museum has put great effort into refurbishing these two buildings and the result is simply splendid. My favourite painting in the collection: a small, rather dark rectangular canvas with angels holding flowers that Rubens, Snijders and Breughel collaborated on. Breathtaking. I also particularly liked the inner courtyard, it's small but beautiful. At the start of your visit, make sure to catch the film about Rockox: it provides the necessary historical background to appreciate the museum.

Excellent museum with a beautiful secret garden. A gem.

Wonderful museum, very well organised.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful and well-documented exhibition "Blind date" with mainly portraits of Baroque masters (16th and 17th century). You can borrow an instructive and user-friendly I-pad about the background and the zeitgeist of the paintings and objects You need two hours to see most of it properly. (Original) Mooie en goed gedocumenteerde tentoonstelling "Blind date" met voornamelijk portretschilderkunst van Barokke meesters (16de en 17de eeuw). Instructieve en gebruiksvriendelijke I-pad te leen over de achtergrond en de tijdsgeest van de schilderijen en de voorwerpen. Om het meeste goed te bekijken heb je twee uur nodig.

(Translated by Google) Clever works and authentic objects. A lot of information is available via the ipad. Room attendants keep a close eye on things, but also provide a lot of explanation (if requested). The effort. (Original) Knappe werken en authentieke objecten. Via de ipad zeer veel informatie beschikbaar. Zaalwachters houden nauwlettend toezicht, maar geven ook (indien gevraagd) veel uitleg. De moeite.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum, also the Blind Date exhibition very nice. Good arrangement, ladies and gentlemen from earlier centuries at eye level with the visitor. The permanent collection is also worth relocating. (Original) Mooi museum, ook de Blind Date tentoonstelling heel mooi. Goede opstelling, dames en heren uit vroegere eeuwen op ooghoogte met de bezoeker. Ook de vaste collectie is de verplaatsing waard.

(Translated by Google) One of the most complete museums (building, furniture, artworks, info via tablet) that I have visited in recent years. May directly join the prestigious list of the Rubens House and the Plantin and Moretus museum. PS: Friendly and helpful museum staff! (Original) Eén van de meest complete musea (gebouw, meubilair, kunstwerken, info via tablet) die ik de afgelopen jaren bezocht heb. Mag direct mee in het prestigieuze rijtje van het Rubenshuis en het Plantijn en Moretus museum. PS: Vriendelijk en behulpzaam museum personeel!

(Translated by Google) Friendly and info about artwork. Very practical with tablet (Original) Vriendelijk en info over kunstwerken. Zeer praktisch met tablet

(Translated by Google) Beautiful collection! (Original) Prachtige collectie!

(Translated by Google) I think this is a very nice museum and now a very nice exhibition Blind Date .. More than worth a visit.. (Original) Ik vind dit een zeer mooi museum en nu een zeer knappe tentoonstelling Blind Date .. Een bezoek meer dan waard..

(Translated by Google) Beautiful location. Current exhibition 'blind date' is a must. Be sure to visit the other locations. (Original) Prachtige locatie. Huidige tentoonstelling 'blind date' is een aanrader. Bezoek dan zeker ook de andere locaties.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful building with nice collection (Original) Prachtig gebouw met mooie collectie

(Translated by Google) An exceptionally well maintained museum housed in a patrician house in the Keizerstraat in Antwerp. (Original) Een buitengewoon verzorgt museum ondergebracht in een patriciërswoning in de Keizerstraat in Antwerpen.

Interessante tentoonstelling in prachtig gebouw.

(Translated by Google) Guided tour. Beautiful building with well-kept and uncluttered rooms full of paintings and works by various painters. First received with an aperitif, then closed with a very well-kept walking dinner. (Original) Rondleiding met gids. Mooi gebouw met verzorgde en overzichtelijke kamers vol schilderijen en werken van verschillende schilders. Eerst ontvangen met aperitief, nadien afgesloten met een zeer verzorgde walking diner.

A must visit. It is beautiful!

We came to Antwerp on a day drip we hadn't really planned and fell on this place. It is an art collection that tells the story of its owner. That makes more sense when you use the clever iPad explanations that interact with the surroundings. Some very interesting paintings, and you'll need more than an hour to do it justice.

The iPad things feels more like a gimmick than something useful. The artworks are very beautiful tho.

Well preserved building with interesting collection of paintings

Astonishing full of great paintings

Beautiful works! Handy tablet which provides interesting explanations with a funny touch!

One of my favorite museums in Antwerpen. Great art in a great building. I highly recommend visiting.

(Translated by Google) Delicious hidden honey. (Original) Heerlijke verborgen schat.

(Translated by Google) A gem (Original) Een pareltje

Beautifully appointed and thought-out museum in a historic home. The iPad information system was easy to use and mostly effective. The garden was especially lovely on a nice spring day. The museum is not too large and is the perfect way to spend a few hours. The special exhibition on keyboard instruments was excellent. Highly recommended!