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North Holland · Culture & daily life

Luther Museum: the deaconry building as the largest collection piece

On the Nieuwe Keizersgracht, Wittenberg uses regents’ rooms, a church hall, paintings and silver to tell the story of Lutherans and their care work in the Netherlands.

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A house of care from 1772

The former Oude Mannen- en Vrouwenhuis (old people’s home) is no neutral museum shell. Look at the corridors, rooms and church hall, and ask how administration, residence and faith come together in the floor plan.

Regents and furnishings

Furniture, portraits and silver make governance and representation visible. Compare an everyday object with a regents’ portrait and notice who does and does not appear in the picture.

Art within deaconry heritage

Work by Breenbergh and Ruysdael, among others, broadens the collection. For each painting, read how it came to be in the house before linking it to the history of the residents.

Before you go

The visitor page gives Wednesday–Sunday, another listing Thursday–Sunday. Confirm a Wednesday visit directly in particular.

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 0906 — Luther 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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