Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Art museum in Schiedam, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam displays modern and contemporary Dutch visual art across eleven exhibition halls within a neoclassical building on Hoogstraat. The galleries are spacious and designed to let you view works from different angles and distances.
The building began as Sint Jacobs Gasthuis, a hospital founded between 1262 and 1272. Architect Jan Giudici redesigned it between 1786 and 1789, giving it the neoclassical form you see today.
The collection emphasizes Dutch artists from the Cobra movement, a group that shaped modern art in the region. When you walk through the galleries, you see how this artistic direction influenced the visual culture of the Netherlands.
The museum sits in central Schiedam and is easy to reach on foot or by public transport. Plan enough time to walk through the different exhibition halls, as the collection spans many galleries.
The old hospital chapel now functions as a restaurant where you can eat surrounded by historic architectural elements. This creates an unusual blend of the building's medical past and today's museum experience.
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