John Selbach Museum

About the museum

The John Selbach Museum is housed in the former Ursuline convent on Boomgaardstraat in Maaseik. The building was converted into a museum and has four floors, on which the visitor makes a cultural journey through time. The collection comes from the collector John Selbach; the paintings are housed in the John Selbach Foundation, a foundation in the public interest.

On the ground floor you find the former refectory and the period rooms, the former offices of the Ursulines, which John Selbach fully furnished. Ten rooms in Renaissance, Rococo and Biedermeier styles combine furniture, sculpture and decorative arts. On the first and second floors hang about 700 paintings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century: on the first floor mainly older art from the seventeenth century, on the second floor mainly nineteenth-century Romanticism.

The third floor is the doll and toy museum run by hostess Corinne, which was located in Maastricht for ten years before. Its core consists of about 400 antique dolls and accessories from the nineteenth century; you also see small furniture, tea sets, tin toys, teddy bears and model trains. Individual visitors can only visit the museum on certain days; groups come by appointment.

Highlights

• Period rooms in Renaissance, Rococo and Biedermeier styles
• About 700 paintings from the 16th to 19th century
• Doll and toy museum with about 400 antique dolls
• Former Ursuline convent

Permanent exhibitions

• Stijlkamers en schilderijencollectie – Ten rooms in Renaissance, Rococo and Biedermeier styles and about 700 paintings from the 16th to 19th century.
• Poppen- en speelgoedmuseum – About 400 antique dolls from the 19th century, with small furniture, tea sets, tin toys, teddy bears and model trains.

Operated by

John Selbach Foundation

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

According to Toerisme Maaseik, the whole museum is accessible to people with a disability.

Kids & families

On the third floor you will find the doll and toy museum with antique dolls, teddy bears and model trains.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the centre of Maaseik on Boomgaardstraat, in the former Ursuline convent.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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