STORIES FROM THE RED STAR LINE
In September 2013 the Red Star Line Museum opened its doors in ANTWERPEN (BELGIUM). Its main focus is on the many immigrants that left Europe some 100 years ago looking for a better life in the United States of America. With their whole life packed in a few suitcases, millions of people sailed from Europe to America after 1800. The United States and Canada were the promised land for fortune seekers and everyone looking for a better life. For many people, the trip to the New World began in a warehouse in Antwerp. Red Star Line ocean steamers paved the way to a new life for about two million men, women and children between 1873 and 1934.
The Red Star Line Museum is also, among others, a museum that collects the stories of different kinds of people who crossed the ocean in order to find a better life. Click here for the RSL-website so that you can read some of the stories gathered.
In September 2013 the Red Star Line Museum opened its doors in ANTWERPEN (BELGIUM). Its main focus is on the many immigrants that left Europe some 100 years ago looking for a better life in the United States of America. With their whole life packed in a few suitcases, millions of people sailed from Europe to America after 1800. The United States and Canada were the promised land for fortune seekers and everyone looking for a better life. For many people, the trip to the New World began in a warehouse in Antwerp. Red Star Line ocean steamers paved the way to a new life for about two million men, women and children between 1873 and 1934.
The Red Star Line Museum is also, among others, a museum that collects the stories of different kinds of people who crossed the ocean in order to find a better life. Click here for the RSL-website so that you can read some of the stories gathered.