Museum de Schat van Simpelveld

Om museet

The museum is housed in Huize Loreto, a stately former monastery in Simpelveld. When in 1875 all religious orders in Germany were ordered to leave the country, the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus settled in nearby Simpelveld. The community was founded by Clara Fey (1815–1894), who campaigned against child labor during industrialization. The sisters stayed in the house until 2012, when they returned to Aachen.

Six years later, in 2018, the museum opened. It shows the finest works produced over more than a century of monastic craftsmanship. The congregation ran studios throughout South Limburg for liturgical garments and wax figures; in particular, the elaborately embroidered vestments and altar cloths of the 19th and 20th centuries are, according to the museum, among the best in the world.

The exhibition also includes restored wax figures that were originally made as nativity figures; an area on monastery life in Huize Loreto (1877–2012), with an orphanage, school and boarding school; and the church treasury, with gold chalices, gem-set monstrances, medieval sculptures and paintings from more than 100 branches of the congregation. The museum also sees itself as a place for passing knowledge on to future generations.

Højdepunkter

• Elaborately embroidered vestments and altar cloths from the 19th and 20th centuries
• Restored wax figures, originally nativity figures
• Church treasury with gold chalices, monstrances and medieval sculptures
• Monastery life and founder Clara Fey in Huize Loreto
• Mystery game “Het vergeten wonder van Clara Fey” as a puzzle walk through Simpelveld

Permanente udstillinger

• Paramente und Stickkunst – Elaborately embroidered Mass vestments and altar cloths from the studios of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus.
• Wachsfiguren und Kirchenschatz – Restored wax figures, gold chalices, monstrances, medieval sculptures and paintings of the congregation.
• Klosteralltag in Huize Loreto – The life of the sisters and Clara Fey's work from 1877 to 2012, including the orphanage, school and boarding school.

Grundlagt

2018

Ejer

Stichting Museum Clara Fey

Entrépriser & rabatter

€4.50 with a Museumkaart (not for group visits). With a ticket from the Miljoenenlijn museum railway, you get 50% off admission for up to one week after the trip (cannot be combined with other offers).

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis 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 museum is accessible to wheelchair users and people with disabilities; however, the second floor can only be reached by wheelchairs up to 90 cm wide. Accompanying persons register at reception and are directed to a different entrance. Electric mobility scooters are not allowed.

Børn og familie

School classes can book workshops on stained glass, beeswax figures, coat-of-arms embroidery and 3D embroidery. The mystery game is intended for adults, but children can take part in the walk.

Transport & parkering

By car from the A76, exit 7 (Simpelveld), onto the N281; after 1.2 km turn right into Nijswillerweg; at the roundabout take the second exit toward Oranjeplein/Dorpstraat. The second street on the right is Kloosterstraat.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Small museum café with terrace: coffee, tea, soft drinks and fresh vlaai (a Limburg fruit tart) from the local baker. For groups of 10 or more, lunch, high tea, a picnic or a borrel (drinks reception) can be reserved.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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