Museums

There are many museums in the Netherlands that have medieval objects in their collections. A small selection:

 Huis Bergh, ’s-Heerenbergh
Languages: Dutch, English, German
Situated on the German border, this castle contains a significant art collection, among which many works from the later middle ages.

 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam)
Languages: Dutch, English
This museum has large art collections, among which a fine collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century panel paintings

 Museum ’t Catharijneconvent (Utrecht)
Languages: Dutch, English
This Museum of religious art has one of the largest collections of medieval art in the Netherlands: panel painting, sculpture, manuscripts, etc.

 Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Den Haag (The Hague)
Language: Dutch
Museum of the book, founded with the collections of the 18^th-19^th century barons Meerman and Westreenen. Houses especially an important collection of medieval manuscripts and incunabula.

• On-line catalogue of the colections of printed books, archives, letters, ex-libris and medals (in English).
• This museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts is integrated into the database of those of the Royal Library (in English). Digital reproductions of all miniatures.
• The website comprises an on line exhibition (only in Dutch) on some of the most interesting and beautiful manuscripts of the collection.

 Museum Mauritshuis, Den Haag (The Hague)
Languages: Dutch, English
Very nice collection of 17^th century Dutch painting, containing also some 15^th and 16^th century ones, such as Rogier Van der Weyden’s Lamentation.

 Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
Languages: Dutch, English
National museum of art (until the nineteenth century), includes a fine collection of panel paintings, sculptures and other objects from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

• In "Rijksstudio many works of art have been digitised and published online in an excellent resolution, among which works which are of special interest to medievalists, such as the Seven Works of Mercy by the Master of Alkmaar, various paintings by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen and Jan van Scorel, paintings and drawings by Maarten van Heemskerck and Hendrick Golzius, paintings and engravings by Lucas van Leyden and Albrecht Dürer, and wooden scultptures by Adriaen van Wesel.

 Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden)
Languages: Dutch, English
National museum of antiquities, especially known for its antique collections (Egypt, Greece, Rome), but also comprising a fine department of medieval archaeology.

• A search tool on the website allows to find thousands of objects with images and explications
• One of the highlights is the Dorestad Brooch dating from around 800.

 Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden (Brabant septentrional) (Museum of Religious Art)
Museum founded in the building of a Convent of Birgitine Sisters (still present under the same roof), housing a collection of religious art of the Netherlands ; some medieval pieces.

Two of the best preserved medieval castles in the Netherlands are the Muiderslot and Slot Loevestein.