Dordrechts Museum
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|established = 1842
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|location = Dordrecht, Netherlands
|type = Art museum
|visitors = c. 87.000 (2023)
|director = Femke Hameetman
|curator = Sander Paarlberg
Wilma Sütö
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|website = [http://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/ www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl]
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Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands.{{cite book | last1=Noortwijk | first1=Liesbeth van | last2=Paarlberg | first2=Sander | title=The Dordrecht Museum | date=2010 | isbn=978-90-6868-564-0}}{{cite book | last=Noortwijk | first=Liesbeth van | title=The Dordrecht Museum. Looking at Six Centuries of Painting | publisher=Dordrechts Museum | publication-place=Dordrecht | date=2020 | isbn=978-90-6868-822-1 | page=}}{{cite book | last=Postel | first=Dirk Jan | title=Dirk Jan Postel | publisher=Images Publishing | publication-place=Mulgrave, Vic | date=2008 | isbn=978-1-86470-210-1 | page=197}} The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries. The permanent collection includes numerous paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and the baroque period, as well as a sizeable collection of landscape art and 19th century paintings. The museum has been described as having one of the most important collections of Dutch Masters in the Netherlands with art on display from Aelbert Cuyp, Rembrandt, Jacob van Strij and others.
History
The museum was established in 1842 by a group of five art collectors from the Dordrecht area.{{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/museums/dordrechts-museum |title=Dordrechts Museum |publisher=Sotherbys|access-date=21 May 2024}} It moved to its current location in 1904 taking over the converted building of a former asylum for the mentally ill. However the building was expanded with a new wing to allow for temporary exhibitions, as well as better visitor facilities, including toilets, a shop and restaurant (the Grand Cafe).
In 2015, the museum restituted to the heirs of Jacques Hederman a painting by Jacob Cuyp (1594 – 1652) which had been looted by the Nazis. The museum then repurchased the painting.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title=The Netherlands is still hoarding a massive collection of art looted from Jews by Nazis - Europe - Haaretz.com |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.MAGAZINE-netherlands-still-hoards-massive-collection-of-nazi-looted-art-1.5449074 |access-date=2024-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908162602/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.MAGAZINE-netherlands-still-hoards-massive-collection-of-nazi-looted-art-1.5449074 |archive-date=8 September 2020 }}{{Cite web |title=Dordrecht Museum buys back art stolen in WWII from heirs |url=https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=R34M7B915361 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=www.lootedart.com}}
Governance
Since 2022, the artistic director has been Femke Hameetman.{{Cite web |title=Femke Hameetman vanaf 9 mei artistiek directeur Dordrechts Museum |url=https://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/nieuws/femke-hameetman/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl |language=nl}} She replaced Peter Schoon, who had been artistic director since 2002.{{Cite web |title=Interview Peter Schoon |url=https://www.verenigingrembrandt.nl/nl/interview-peter-schoon |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Vereniging Rembrandt |language=nl-NL}} There are around 120 staff,{{Cite web |title=Medewerkers |url=https://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/medewerkers/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl |language=nl}} and a yearly budget of around 16 million Euros.{{Cite web |title=Jaarverslag 2023 |url=https://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/organisatie/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl |language=nl}} In 2023, the museum received 87,067 visitors.
Paintings
The museum has works of the following artists:
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Gallery
File:Portrait of Cornelis van Lill his son and the painter, Aert Schouman (1735).jpg|Portrait of Cornelis van Lill his grandson and the artist (1735) by Aert Schouman
File:Landscape with trees and cattle, Dordrecht in the background, by Jacob van Strij.jpg|Scenery with trees and cattle near Dordrecht ({{Circa|1800}}) by Jacob van Strij
File:Abraham van Strij (I) 001.jpg|Interior of an Inn (1825) by Abraham van Strij
File:Thérèse Schwartze - Schoolblijven 1886.jpg|Schoolbijven (1886) by Thérèse Schwartze
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|nl}} {{Official website|http://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/ }}
- [http://cms.dordrecht.nl/dordt?nav=jgpmmEsHaKpPkCdCmGlI Dordrechts Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045432/http://cms.dordrecht.nl/dordt?nav=jgpmmEsHaKpPkCdCmGlI |date=2016-03-04 }}, English information
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Category:Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1842
Category:1842 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Museums in South Holland