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North Holland · Art

Willet-Holthuysen shows a town house as a civic legacy

Louisa Holthuysen bequeathed her canal house to Amsterdam; period rooms, a French garden and contemporary displays have since allowed the house to be read again and again.

Plan your visit ↗

Nineteenth-century rooms

Reception, dining room and private rooms show furniture and decoration as a whole. Look at material and use and ask which furnishings are original, reconstructed or acquired later.

The garden behind the façade

The formal French-style garden creates order within a dense city block. Compare the sightline and symmetry outside with the layout of the rooms and the windows at the back.

Contemporary work in a historic house

Exhibitions every six months add new voices to the legacy. Read why an artist is presenting here in particular and avoid seeing temporary art as a historic piece of the interior.

Before you go

Daily 10.00–17.00; Christmas Day and New Year’s Day only from 12.00, according to the Amsterdam Museum’s location page.

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 0925 — Museum Willet-Holthuysen

    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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