Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten

Om museet

The Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten is located in the Beguinage of Hoogstraten, which arose in the 14th century and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The museum grew out of two older museum collections of the Hoogstraten Antiquarian Circle (Oudheidkundige Kring): the Heilig Bloedvolksmuseum, founded in 1928, and the Oudheidkundig museum. Since 24 April 1999 it has been housed in a restored convent house at Begijnhof 9, together with the adjoining houses at numbers 10 and 11.

The permanent display shows the history of the town of Hoogstraten and its prehistory. The archaeological collection includes finds from the Meirberg in Meer, one of the oldest archaeological sites in Belgium, and from excavations in the Beguinage. The Holy Blood collection recalls the veneration of the Holy Blood, which began in 1652 when Hoogstraten received the Holy Blood cloths from Boxtel. The heritage collection contains objects of old crafts and everyday life, such as sixteenth-century matrices for aldermen's seals and Hoogstraten pottery.

The art collection goes back mainly to two donations: works by Alfred Ost in 1937 and some six hundred works by Jan Huet in 2001. In 2015 the museum bought a painting of the interior of the Saint Catherine's Church by Joannes Bosboom from 1843. Each year there are three temporary exhibitions. The museum is free, including the garden, Den Ouden Koolhof, which is maintained as it was in the sixteenth century.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent display on the history of Hoogstraten and its prehistory
• Archaeological finds from the Meirberg in Meer, one of the oldest sites in Belgium
• Holy Blood collection around the Holy Blood cloths from Boxtel
• Art collection with works by Jan Huet and Alfred Ost and a painting by Joannes Bosboom
• Museum garden Den Ouden Koolhof in the Beguinage, always freely accessible

Permanent udstilling

• Vaste opstelling: Hoogstraatse stadsgeschiedenis en prehistorie – The permanent display presents the history of Hoogstraten and its prehistory, with archaeological finds, heritage objects and the Holy Blood collection.

Grundlagt

1928

Ejer

Stad Hoogstraten

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

The museum, the permanent collection, the temporary exhibitions and the museum garden are free. The museum has been a partner of the Museumpas since 1 October 2024; with a Museumpas you receive a paper model sheet (bouwplaat) of Saint Catherine's Church as a gift. Members of Open Monumenten can exchange two points for three postcards. Classes can come by public transport free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is accessible to about 90% of visitors with reduced mobility. Ask a staff member to open the rear entrance for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Apart from two rooms, the route is the same as for other visitors. There is a lift, but it has been out of order since 16 February 2026 and must be replaced; the top floor is therefore temporarily reachable only by stairs. There are seats in several places and adapted sanitary facilities.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig

The museum tells Hoogstraten's history in a playful and interactive way; children can dress up as they did in the past. There are workshops and events tailored to children, and the temporary exhibitions are geared to young visitors. Families can relax in the Den Ouden Koolhof garden. A pushchair can be taken in through the rear entrance.

Transport & parkering

The museum is in the Beguinage. If you enter the Beguinage through the large gate on the Vrijheid, the museum is on the left past the Beguinage church, in the largest house by the grass field. By car from Belgium, take exit 2 Loenhout/Hoogstraten of the E19; from the Netherlands, take exit 1 Meer.

Service & spisesteder

The museum garden is always freely accessible, including outside opening hours.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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