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Friesland · Culture & daily life

Klooster Claercamp: the collection moved, the site remained

The former museum on the Klaarkampsterwei has been closed since 2021. Objects from Klooster Claercamp have moved to Museum Dokkum; the monastery site can be explored on excursions.

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Objects in Museum Dokkum

The permanent display in Dokkum lists archaeological finds, monastery bricks (kloostermoppen), slate, everyday objects and coins from the monastery site. See these objects as fragments: together they reconstruct the functions of a vanished complex.

No museum in Rinsumageest any more

The visitor centre on the Klaarkampsterwei closed on 1 November 2021. If you travel there, you will therefore not find a regularly open museum display; for the collection, Museum Dokkum is the current place to visit.

The site on an excursion

Stichting Klooster Klaarkamp organises opportunities to explore the former site. Such a walk calls for a different way of looking: relief, soil and place names take the place of a building’s walls and display cases.

Before you go

Do not go to Klaarkampsterwei 6 for a regular museum visit. For Museum Dokkum, check its own current opening times, and book a site excursion separately.

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 0195 — Klooster Claercamp

    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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