Museum Hengelo

Om museet

Museum Hengelo is housed in a building on Beekstraat that was converted from a residential and commercial building into a mansion in 1881. The Van Benthem family lived here; the unmarried Elisabeth van Benthem lived in the house until her death in 1973 and wished it to be preserved for Hengelo. In 1974 the foundation Oald Hengel bought the building with the support of the municipality and set up an antiquities room in 1976. In February 2004 this became an officially recognised museum.

In 1995 a new wing was added, and in 1998 the old building was declared a Rijksmonument. After construction work opposite, subsidence damage occurred in 2000, so that the foundations had to be reinforced and the house thoroughly renovated at the same time; in 2003 it received a completely new interior.

Today the museum tells the story of the industrial town with paintings, prints, textiles and archaeological finds. Of particular note are Art Nouveau copperwork from the art studio of the firm Dikkers after designs by Johanna van Eijbergen, as well as collections on textiles, menthol and the Second World War. The archaeology department came into being after the excavation of the Huys Hengelo in 1995. On the ground floor there is a knowledge and information centre with books, photographs, films and archival records on the city's history.

Højdepunkter

• Patrician villa of 1881 with themed rooms: textile room, 1920 kitchen, boys' room 1969, war room
• Archaeology with finds from the Huys Hengelo and a Stone Age hand axe
• Art Nouveau copperwork from the Dikkers art studio
• Popmuziekkamer on the beat scene of the 1960s
• Knowledge and information centre with archive, photographs and films
• City walks including a climb of the town hall tower

Permanente udstillinger

• Patriziervilla Wilmink – Van Benthemhuis – Permanently furnished rooms on the history of Hengelo with paintings, prints, textiles, a 1920 kitchen, a 1969 boys' room and a war room.
• Archäologie und Huys Hengelo – A dedicated room shows finds from Hengelo, from a Neanderthal hand axe and an urn to pieces from the medieval Huys Hengelo.
• Popmuziekkamer – Hengelo's beat scene of the 1960s with photographs and objects from well-known clubs and bands, a jukebox and a pinball machine.

Grundlagt

1976

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free with Museumkaart and for supporters (Donateurs) of the museum. Children and young people up to and including 18 years have free admission thanks to the Fonds Jeugd en Cultuur Hengelo.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

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

For visitors with children there are series of tasks that encourage conversation about past and present; the free treasure hunt "Speurneuzen" can be booked. Children and young people up to 18 years have free admission.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Museum shop according to the museum portal; additionally a web shop on the museum's website.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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