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Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden
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Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden's city archive and history center, with a free exhibition on the city's history, a portrait gallery and a treasury.

ÅbningstiderGratis entré Kørestolsvenlig

Aktuelle udstillinger

30. maj 2026 – 8. november 2026

Nooit gebouwd Leeuwarden

Designs, models and master plans for buildings that were never realized in Leeuwarden – from a fountain by Theo van Doesburg to a third office tower by Abe Bonnema.

Om museet

The Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden grew out of the Gemeentearchief in 2001, the statutory archive of Leeuwarden's city administration, whose oldest charter dates from the 13th century. Over time, the archives of municipal institutions, churches, companies, families and associations were added, and the archive developed into an information center for the city's history.

In 2005 the HCL took over management of the municipal art collection, followed in 2007 by the Pier Pander Museum and the Pier Pander Temple in the Prinsentuin. In October 2007 the center moved into its new building on the Groeneweg at the edge of the Prinsentuin. In 2009 it became one of the province's archaeological depots, and since 2010 it has also managed the leaning Oldehove tower, which has been fitted out as a museum.

In its own building the HCL presents the permanent exhibition "Verhalen van Leeuwarden" with archival documents, paintings and archaeological finds from more than a thousand years of city history, a portrait gallery of well-known Leeuwarden natives, a treasury in the storage depot accessible only on guided tours, and regularly changing exhibitions. The reading room offers a library and image collection, including the complete Leeuwarder Courant since 1752 as well as hundreds of thousands of photos, maps and architectural drawings. The HCL is an institution of the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Højdepunkter

  • Permanent exhibition "Verhalen van Leeuwarden" covering more than 1,000 years of city history, with an introductory film
  • Treasury in the storage depot with curiosities such as remains from the fair fire of 1842 (guided tours only)
  • Archaeological finds from Leeuwarden, some of which you can touch
  • Portrait gallery of about 50 famous Leeuwarden natives such as Mata Hari and Lawrence Alma-Tadema
  • Complete Leeuwarder Courant since 1752 in the reading room

Permanente udstillinger

  • Verhalen van Leeuwarden – Archival items, objects, paintings and excavated finds lead through ten themes, from the first terp mounds to the modern provincial capital.
  • Schatkamer – An unordered display of special and curious items from the storage depot, accessible only on guided tours.
  • Portrettengalerij – A gallery several meters long featuring some fifty well-known Leeuwarden natives, whose life stories are told digitally.
Grundlagt
2001
Ejer
Gemeente Leeuwarden
Ledelse
Meindert Seffinga

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Permanent and temporary exhibitions are free. The Oldehove and the Pier Pander Museum, both managed by the HCL, have their own opening hours and admission prices.

Tilgængelighed

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

The public areas are easily accessible for wheelchair and mobility scooter users.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

  • Familieomvisninger & workshops
  • Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

For children there is a scavenger hunt and an audio tour in the exhibition "Verhalen van Leeuwarden", plus discovery tours about family coats of arms and gable stones; activities for Children's Month in October.

Transport & parkering

Med offentlig transport

Station Leeuwarden · 10 min. til fods

About a ten-minute walk from Leeuwarden train station; also reachable by city bus.

I bil

Parkering muligt · 1 min. til fods til indgangen

Parkeergarage Oldehove is a one-minute walk away; bus parking for tour groups nearby.

Taxi stand at the train station.

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Service & spisesteder

  • Museumsbutik
  • Opbevaringsskabe

Publications on Leeuwarden's history for sale; lockers for reading room visitors (coats and bags are not allowed there).

Arrangementer & udlejning

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Rundvisningerja
Audioguideja
Tilbud til skolerja
FotograferingIn the reading room, archival items from before 1900 may be photographed without flash; publication only with permission from the municipal archivist
Godt at videAudio tour of the exhibition "Verhalen van Leeuwarden". The treasury is accessible only on guided tours; public treasury tours in October and November on Sundays at 15:30 (free, registration via Eventbrite). Group tours and city walks, including in German, on request.

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