Verwey Museum Haarlem

Om museet

The Verwey Museum sees itself as the city museum of Haarlem and the Zuid-Kennemerland region. It is located on Groot Heiligland in a building that dates back to a hospital from 1581, and thus in one of the most beautiful streets of the old town. The institution's roots go back to 1975, when an information centre on the city's history was first established; the museum proper opened to visitors in 1990.

Over the years the museum has had several names, most recently Museum Haarlem. In 2022 it received its present name in honour of the Haarlem painter Kees Verwey (1900–1995), who in his studio on the Spaarne mainly created portraits of women, studio pieces and flower watercolours. Since 1998 the operating foundation has had public benefit status (ANBI) and gets by on very little public funding; operations are largely carried by around 85 volunteers, who help as hosts and in working groups.

The centrepiece of the permanent exhibition is "Allemaal Haarlemmers", which opened in September 2020. It tells a thousand years of the city's history through people who lived in Haarlem, from the defender Kenau Hasselaer to today's residents, and shows the city as a destination for immigration, shaped by beer, textiles and shipping. In addition there are changing exhibitions, guided tours, workshops and educational programmes for schools, which cover, among other things, the Second World War as well as colonialism and slavery in Haarlem.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition "Allemaal Haarlemmers" on a thousand years of city history
• Works and studio world of the Haarlem painter Kees Verwey
• Historic hospital building from 1581 on Groot Heiligland
• Audio tour narrated by Erik van Muiswinkel
• Museum café on site
• Search game with the "Haarlem Mosquito" for children aged 5 to 12

Permanent udstilling

• Allemaal Haarlemmers – A thousand years of Haarlem's city history, told through the people of the city from the Middle Ages to today, with an audio tour and a search game for children.

Grundlagt

1990

Ledelse

Anne van Lienden

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Free admission on the first Sunday of every month.

Free with Museumkaart, ICOM, Rembrandtkaart, I amsterdam City Card and Haarlem Pas. Euro banknotes above €50 are not accepted.

Tilgængelighed

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

No thresholds; wheelchair available to borrow. A disabled parking space is right outside the door; with a disabled parking card, street parking in Haarlem is free.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

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

At the entrance, children aged 5 to 12 can pick up a search game with the "Haarlem Mosquito" through the permanent exhibition. There are also family activities and an outdoor route around the historic building.

Transport & parkering

About a 20-minute walk from the station; follow the tourist signs to the museum. Under the Houtplein there is a free covered bicycle garage with charging points for e-bikes, a few minutes' walk from the museum.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke

Museum café with coffee, tea and pastries; a web shop complements the offering.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

The museum café can be rented after closing time for receptions or meetings, also with a visit to an exhibition.

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