5/5 Robin I. 2 years ago on Google
Until
1874,
when
this
building
became
a
city
museum,
it
was
a
factory
and
guildhall
that
produced
cloth
and
was
an
important
meeting
facilty.
In
1640
it
was
erected
as
the
guildhall
for
cloth
merchants.
The
museum
has
various
rooms
dedicated
to
this
former
booming
business.
It
has
an
interesting
mix
of
contempory
exhibitions
on
human
growth,
and
more
specifically,
how
consumerist
growth
has
impacted
society
and
the
environment.
Artworks
range
from
the
16th
to
the
21st
century.
There
is
Middle-age
religious
art
and
grand
trytichs
that
are
bright,
colourful
and
with
unique
depictions
of
hell
and
devils.
The
trytichs
are
displayed
so
that
the
viewer
can
walk
around
the
entire
piece.
There
are
local
historical
paintings,
including
about
the
plague
outbreak
in
the
city
in
the
16th
century
as
well
as
art
made
by
Theo
Doesburg
from
the
early
20th
century
and
more.
There
are
even
a
couple
of
lesser
known
Rembrandt
paintings.
The
building
has
been
recently
renovated,
but
has
retained
some
interesting
architectural
designs
like
painted
glass
in
a
church
and
an
impressive
staircase,
as
well
as
entire
rooms
that
appear
to
be
original
to
the
museum's
17th
century
origins.
Some
parts
of
the
museum
feel
like
being
in
a
grand
house
or
Palace,
and
reminded
me
of
Mauritshuis
museum
in
the
Hague.
What
I
like
about
this
museum
is
that
it
tingles
and
stimulates
the
mind
in
various
ways
and
the
paintings
in
the
collection
are
quite
diverse
and
make
you
want
to
explore
every
detail.
Highly
recommended.
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