Category: Museums

HET HOF VAN NEDERLAND, Dordrecht

Click on image for more information Het Hof van Nederland Hof 6 3311 XG Dordrecht   Phone: +31(0)78 7708708   Het Hof van Nederland is a place of national historical significance. In this museum in Dordrecht you will experience the First Assembly of the Free States of 1572 first hand; a key event, that laid…

NATIONAAL ONDERWIJSMUSEUM, Dordrecht

Click on image for more information Nationaal Onderwijsmuseum Burgemeester de Raadtsingel 97 3311 JGDordrecht Tel.  078 6326820 The entire collection in care of the museum consist of over 350,000 objects that are in some way related to education; from textbooks, wall-charts, ink jars, atlases, photo’s and educational films to diaries and schoolbags.  

1940 – 1945 MUSEUM, Dordrecht

Click on image for more information Museum 1940 – 1945 Nieuwe Haven 27 – 28 3311 AP Dordrecht Tel.  078-6130172   Ideally situated at the confluence of the river Oude Maas (Old Meuse) and the river Beneden Merwede (Lower Merwede), lies the oldest city of ‘Holland’, Dordrecht. The old centre still possesses the facades of…

VAN GIJN HOUSE, Dordrecht

Click on image for more information Van Gijn House Nieuwe Haven 30 3311 AP Dordrecht Phone: +31 (0)78 770 8708   The museum is the house of the banker and collector Simon van Gijn who lived there from 1864 until his death in 1922. Van Gijn left the house and most of his collections to the…

MUSEUM FOR COMMUNICATION, Den Haag

Click on image for more information Museum for Communication Zeestraat 82 2518 AD Den Haag T: (070) – 330 75 00   The Museum for Communication is closed until autumn 2017 due to major reconstruction. Starting out as a place where the history and collection for communications by post, telephone and telegraph was on show,…

MUSEUM BREDIUS Den Haag

Click on image for more information Museum Bredius Lange Vijverberg 14 2513 AC Den Haag T +31-70-3620729 This being the Rembrandt Year and it having been a while since my last visit, I decided to revisit Museum Bredius. It is located opposite the Mauritshuis. Visitors who have a Dutch Museumkaart or bought a The Hague…

LOUWMAN MUSEUM, Den Haag

Click on image for more information Louwman MuseumLeidsestraatweg 572594 BB Den Haag T +31 (0)70 – 304 7373   The Louwman Museum is home to the world’s oldest private collection of motor cars, compiled by two generations of the Louwman family. The museum dates back to 1934 and now comprises over two hundred and fifty…

LITERATURE and CHILDREN’S BOOK MUSEUM (Literatuurmuseum/Kinderboekenmuseum), Den Haag

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events Literatuurmuseum/Kinderboekenmuseum Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 2595 BE Den Haag 070-333 96 66   Together with the Children’s Book Museum, the Literature Museum is part of the Dutch Literature Museum and Literature Archive Foundation (NLL Foundation), formerly the Literary Museum and Documentation Center. The foundation…