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Westfries MuseumRode Steen 1
The Westfries Museum is the historical museum for the town of Hoorn and for the region of West Friesland. In the old seat of government and commerce in Hoorn on the Rode Steen, the houses of the provost and vassal developed into a building to serve as the meeting place for the West Fries States and for the Noorderkwartier. The complex, dating from 1632, with a beautiful decorative facade of lions and city weapons and with stately halls, intimate rooms, high attics and mysterious cellars is still known as the Statencollege. Here, generations of local notables met to discuss the West Friesian Mint, the United East India Company and the Admiralty. The building was later used as a court. In 1880, the complex became a museum and now the re-modelled and adapted museum houses an extremely rich and varied collection of paintings, silver, porcelain and many other treasures of the past in such fields as art, shipping and archeology, for instance. Here, both adults and children can find out about the history of the town and the region. You can explore this history by making a mystery tour of the museum or simply by wandering through the 25 rooms and halls. |
