Westfries Museum, Art museum in Binnenstad, Hoorn, Netherlands.
The Westfries Museum is housed in a monumental building from 1632 and displays approximately 38,000 objects across multiple floors, including paintings, silver objects, and historical artifacts. The collection focuses on items from 1500 to 1800, reflecting the region's heritage.
The museum was founded in 1880 as a repository of local history from the late 19th century onward. Its collection spans three centuries of the region's economic and social development.
The collection reflects the identity of West Friesland through objects from the Dutch East India Company and regional civic guard artifacts that shaped local pride. These pieces reveal how trade and community leadership defined the region across centuries.
The museum is undergoing extensive renovation until 2027 and currently presents temporary exhibitions at Statenpoort on Nieuwstraat. Plan your visit around the limited opening hours of this temporary location.
The museum houses restored 15th-century cellars discovered in 1953 that now display archaeological findings from Hoorn and the surrounding region. These underground spaces offer insight into the city's medieval past.
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