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Pier Pander Museum: studio work and a temple in the greenery

The Pier Pander Museum consists of two places with a different character: a museum with a studio collection and a temple in which five large marble sculptures form a whole.

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The studio collection

In the museum you can see works from the studio that Pander bequeathed to the municipality, complemented by an annual changing display. Look for intermediate stages and traces of material that may say something about the making process.

Five sculptures as an ensemble

The temple is arranged around five marble sculptures. View them first together from the centre and only then one by one; pose, the distance between them and the architecture together determine the effect of the whole.

Two addresses, one visit

The museum and the temple are not at exactly the same address. So allow time to get from one to the other through the Prinsentuin, and check on site whether both parts are accessible during your visit.

Before you go

The sites are only open regularly at weekends during the summer season. Groups can ask Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden about options outside the season.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Research card 0173 — Pier Pander Museum

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; content, authority and currency still to be checked independently.

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