Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Om museet

The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam dates back to 1899: Major Visser bequeathed his historical collection to the city on condition that a museum be created for it. In the 1950s the municipal council set the focus on living Dutch artists; director Pierre Janssen bought the first works by Cobra artists at that time. Since 2016 the historical collection has again played an important role in the programme.

The museum has been housed since 1940 in the Sint Jacobsgasthuis, a neoclassical building of 1787 designed by Jan Giudici, which served as an old people's home until 1934. The building consists of two wings, formerly for men and women, with a chapel in the middle that now serves as the entrance area. In 2003 the layout was reorganised and the number of exhibition halls increased from four to eleven; in 2006 Queen Beatrix reopened the building. From 2013 visitors entered through the former chapel with café and shop, and MVRDV added a large red cabinet wall with collection pieces.

At the end of 2020 the museum closed for a renovation of the national monument by the municipality, and it reopened on 14 May 2022. The collection comprises around 15,000 objects, of which about 8,000 are historical pieces on the city's history and 7,000 are modern artworks since 1947, including a focus on Cobra, politically engaged contemporary art and drawings. With Monopole the museum also runs a second exhibition venue in the city.

Højdepunkter

• Collection of Dutch post-war art with a focus on Cobra
• Neoclassical Sint Jacobsgasthuis (1787) with former chapel as a café
• Panorama Schiedam: city history as a miniature world
• Contemporary artworks in the stairwells
• Museum café with a "pay what you can" system

Permanente udstillinger

• Panorama Schiedam – Semi-permanent presentation telling the history of the city as an imaginative miniature world with houses, windmills and the roughly 2,000-year-old "Little Horse of Kethel".
• Kunst in het trappenhuis – Since the 2022 renovation the stairwells permanently show works by contemporary artists in natural daylight.

Grundlagt

1899

Ledelse

Anne de Haij

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 71.331

Entrépriser & rabatter

From 22 March to 25 October 2026 all prices stated include a one-off surcharge of €5 for the major exhibition. Free: young people up to 18, VriendenLoterij VIP card, Huisvriend, Docentenpas. Show discount cards at the ticket desk.

Tilgængelighed

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

Platform lift at the main entrance, lifts in both wings (also for mobility scooters), wheelchair can be reserved on +31 10 246 3666; thresholds of 2 cm with a threshold ramp. Accessible toilet with changing table in the basement. Rear entrance at Roosbeek 32 after calling ahead.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

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

Free Doe booklet (activity booklet) at the ticket desk, Atelier Junior (from age 6), Kris-Kras studio during school holidays, open studio on Sundays 1–4 p.m. and children's birthday parties.

Transport & parkering

Address Hoogstraat 112; taxi stop in front of the main entrance, rear entrance Roosbeek 32. By bike about 20 minutes from Rotterdam Centraal.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe

Museum café in the 18th-century chapel with a terrace and a vegetarian lunch buffet with local products (pay what you feel is right); museum shop (Tue–Sun 11 a.m.–5 p.m.). Lockers in the basement; bags larger than A4 are not allowed in the rooms.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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