Dordrechts Museum

Aktuelle udstillinger

Om museet

The Dordrechts Museum goes back to the Vereniging Dordrechts Museum, founded on November 26, 1842, making it one of the oldest museums in the Netherlands. The first exhibition rooms were in the Boterbeurs on the Wijnstraat. Because the collection grew quickly, the city offered a larger building, and on July 6, 1904, the museum opened on what is now the Museumstraat.

The building has a long history: around 1350 the Agnietenklooster (Convent of St. Agnes) was founded here; after the Reformation the complex served as a plague house and orphanage and later as an asylum for the mentally ill, which closed at the end of 1898. In 1902 a South African Museum first moved into part of the building; the art museum followed after a conversion by the Dordrecht architect Bernardus van Bilderbeek, who also created the entrance through the garden.

In the 1970s the museum was expanded to include two neighboring buildings, based on plans by Walter Nikkels. The largest redesign to date followed in 2008–2010 to designs by Dirk Jan Postel: it added more space for the collection and temporary exhibitions, a glass entrance hall, and a winter garden, and since 2010 visitors once again enter the museum through the garden with its old trees.

The collection spans six centuries of painting – from 16th-century altarpieces and Dordrecht masters such as Aelbert Cuyp, Nicolaes Maes, and Aert Schouman to Ary Scheffer, the Hague School, and contemporary art. Together with Huis Van Gijn, the Hof van Nederland, and the Regionaal Archief Dordrecht, the museum forms an alliance.

Højdepunkter

• Works by Aelbert Cuyp and other Dordrecht painters of the Golden Age
• “Gezicht op Dordrecht” by Jan van Goyen (1651)
• Paintings by Ary Scheffer
• Murals by Aert Schouman in the Schoumanzaal
• Modern and contemporary art, including works by Jan Sluijters and René Daniëls
• Museum garden with centuries-old trees

Permanente udstillinger

• Vaste collectie – Reis door 6 eeuwen – Six centuries of painting, from 16th-century altarpieces to Cuyp, Maes, and Scheffer and on to contemporary art.

Grundlagt

1842

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 90.000 (2019)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free with the Museumkaart, as well as with the VriendenLoterij VIP-kaart, Rembrandtkaart (Vereniging Rembrandt), ICOM card, BDM or VDM annual pass, Rotterdampas, Dordtpas, and AICA card. 10% discount with a movie ticket from De Witt (not valid on day tickets).

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: findes ikke
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

All rooms can be reached via two elevators (sometimes returning through galleries already visited). Entrance via the garden gate on the Museumstraat with automatic doors; the separate restaurant entrance has a heavy door. One accessible restroom on the first floor, possibly too small for power wheelchairs with a large turning radius; narrow passage on the second floor. Loaner wheelchairs and rollators are limited; reserve at least one business day in advance. Videos are subtitled; tours in sign language and for people with dementia (“Verwondering”), but no special offerings yet for visually impaired visitors. With a disabled parking permit, all on-street parking spaces at a reduced rate.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Børnefødselsdage

Free admission up to age 18. Family route “Vreemde Vogels” for ages 6 and up (collector's folder €3.50 at the ticket desk), drawing guide in the shop, Peutertour for 2- to 4-year-olds. Interactive family exhibition “Ik zie, ik zie” for 6- to 10-year-olds until October 4, 2026, where children's birthday parties are also held. Strollers and buggies allowed, back carriers not; baby changing table in the accessible restroom near the restaurant.

Transport & parkering

Enter “Korte Kolfstraat 235” into your GPS instead of Museumstraat. Until April 21, 2027, the N3 is closed due to work on the Papendrechtsebrug – allow extra travel time. Drop-off in front of the entrance possible.

Service & spisesteder

• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe
• Wi-fi

Art & Dining museum restaurant (organic cuisine, winter garden, options for children); museum shop. Lockers with keys and an unattended cloakroom; free Wi-Fi throughout the building.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Op til 800 personer.

Rentals through the Art & Dining restaurant: rooms for groups of up to 800 people, including the Van Strij Salon, Wijnbar (up to 75 people), and the Schoumanzaal; weddings also possible. Wedding photos in the museum €200 per hour (until 17:00), free in the garden.

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