Museum Van Loon
Museum Van Loon is a museum in Amsterdam, located at Kaisersgracht No. 672. It is named after members of the van Loon family, who lived there since the late 19th century.
The house was built in 1672 by the architect Adriaan Dortsman for the merchant Jeremiah van Rey. The first tenant of the building was the painter Ferdinand Bol. After changing a number of owners, the house was bought by Hendrik van Loon in 1884. The last member of the family, Moritz van Loon, opened a museum in part of the building in 1960.
General information
The van Loon Museum is the only one in the Netherlands where the mansion, garden and carriage house are presented as a whole. On display are paintings from the late 18th and early 20th centuries, most of which are portraits by a member of the van Loon family; tapestries by Jurriaen Andriessen from Drakenstein Castle; antique furniture and porcelain dishes of Dutch and Flemish manufacture with the van Loon family coat of arms. The museum has a lovely French-style garden with a rose garden and a garden pavilion, the Temple of Apollo. The van Loon family also owned one of the most remarkable collections of wagons, baby carriages and carriages and harness items, many of which have survived.
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Exhibitions of both modern and classical art are held here several times a year. A garden house, which is a Dutch National Monument, is located in the side garden based on a late 16th century drawing.
The museum is open 6 days a week, and in June it also takes part in Garden Day: most of the courtyards at the canal houses are closed; only on the third weekend of June are about 30 of them (usually private) open to the public. The van Lonow Garden is a pleasant exception in this respect: it can be visited on any day.
Address: Keizersgracht, 672.Opening hours: September – June: Friday – Monday: 11:00 – 17:00; July – August: daily: 11:00 – 17:00.Entrance: 8 EUR, for children 6 – 18 years old – 4 EUR, under 6 years old – free
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