The Letterenhuis has a custodial function and does not lend out archive items, documents or objects for study purposes. Museums can, under certain conditions, borrow documents or art objects for temporary exhibitions.
Story of Flemish literature in the 19th and 20th century
Would you like to see the original manuscripts of authors Hendrik Conscience, Paul van Ostaijen or Willem Elsschot? Visit the museum and find out more about the history of Flemish literature.
In the Agrippa database, you can look up the individuals, associations and subjects that the Letterenhuis possesses archive and documentation material on.
Would you like to visit the Letterenhuis in a group? A guide will conduct you through the depot and tell you about a number of authors and works of Flemish literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.
