Westfries Museum

Local nameWestfries Museum
LocationHoorn, Netherlands

The Westfries Museum is a museum of regional history established in the Dutch city of Hoorn.

It was opened on 10 January 1880 and has been established in a monumental building dating to 1632. This building originally belonged to the Gecommitteerde Raden van West-Friesland en het Noorderkwartier, as a part of the Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, and later became a court. Until 1932 part of the building housed the kanton's court and part of its museum.

The museum has an extensive collection of paintings, silver objects, porcelain, historic firearms, objects of the schutterij and VOC objects. The collection is exhibited in 25 rooms, of which one is a style-room. In 1953, 15th century cellars were discovered under the building. These have been restored and are now used as exhibition spaces for archaeological objects from Hoorn and its surroundings.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfries_Museum

Email info@wfm.nl

Phone +31229280028

Coordinates 52°38'20.859" N 5°3'32.29" E

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