Stadsmuseum Grave

Om museet

The museum is housed in the Hampoort, the last surviving town gate of the fortress of Grave. The gate was built at the end of the 17th century to a design by the architect d’Estangh, after Prince William III recaptured the town from the French in 1674 following a four-month siege and the heavily damaged fortifications were renewed between 1679 and 1689. When Grave lost its fortress status in 1874, almost all ramparts and gates were demolished between 1876 and 1914; only the Hampoort remained standing.

Over time the building served as a town gate with troop quarters, a military bakery, a field hospital and finally a residential house, whose last resident moved out in 2002. Since 1993 the Cloveniers shooting guild has used the south wing; since 2006 the north wing has housed the Stadsmuseum. The museum is run by the Graeft Voort foundation, which was founded in 1977 and operates the museum entirely with volunteers. The foundation also runs the Casemate Museum on the Maas and the knowledge centre Graafs Geheugen.

The permanent exhibition tells the history of Grave and its surroundings in two rooms: in the historic gate hall the focus is on the fortress and its sieges, with a large model of the town and ramparts around 1845. The modern central hall covers six themes from prehistory to the present, complemented by finds, media stations and a model with a vision of the future for the fortress town by the firm West 8.

Højdepunkter

• The Hampoort, the only surviving town gate of the fortress, as the museum building
• Large model of the town and fortress of Grave around 1845
• Tour in six themes from prehistory to today with interactive screens
• Model of a vision of the future for the fortress town by West 8
• Archaeological garden next to the museum for school classes

Permanent udstilling

• Vensters op het Graafs erfgoed – Permanent exhibition in the Hampoort: the fortress and its sieges with a large town model from 1845, plus a modern hall with six themes from prehistory to today.

Ejer

Stichting Graeft Voort

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission with the Museumkaart, for members of the friends' association and for young people under 18.

Tilgængelighed

• 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

Accessible for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and rollators; accessible toilet available.

Børn og familie

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Programmes for school classes (tours, workshops, digging in the Archaeological Garden); the models and media stations in the museum are designed to be hands-on.

Transport & parkering

By car, turn off the N324 towards Cuijk onto the N321; the museum is then on the right.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Museum shop with books on the history of Grave (during opening hours and online).

Arrangementer & udlejning

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