100 Years of Paster Pype at the City Museum

Paster Pype, born Hendrik Pype, is still a household name in Ostend. He became a curate at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in 1886 and soon the first chaplain at sea, and his commitment to the hard lives of Ostend’s fishing families earned him the name father of the fishermen. He died a hundred years ago, in 1926.

This exhibition at the City Museum, put together by the local history society De Plate, marks the centenary. Highlights include never-shown photographs of his funeral procession and objects he left behind, among them an original lifebuoy from the training ship Paster Pype II.

The ticket also covers the rest of the museum in Huize Louise-Marie on the Langestraat. Visitors under 19 go in free. The museum closes over lunch, from 12:00 to 13:30, and is open every day during the autumn half-term holiday. The exhibition ends on 9 November 2026.