Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Municipal art museum in central Alkmaar, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is an art museum in the city center displaying works across multiple floors. The collections feature Dutch painters and regional artistic movements spanning different periods, including pieces by Caesar van Everdingen and Pieter Jansz Saenredam.
The museum was founded in 1873 and initially located on Breedstraat. It relocated to Doelenstraat in 1968 and moved to its current location on Canadaplein in 2000.
The museum displays works by artists who engaged with the local landscape and community life. These pieces show how painters in this region saw and represented their surroundings.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free for visitors under 18 and students with valid identification, while other guests pay entry fees.
The museum holds the largest collection of Bergen School artworks, an artistic movement that developed in this region. Beyond paintings, visitors can also see regional silver crafts and historical objects from Alkmaar's past.
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