Museum
Museum Catharijneconvent
The national museum of Christian art and history, in a former medieval convent.
- Editor's score
- 4.2
- Visit
- 1 h 30
- Price
- €€
About
The museum occupies the buildings of a fifteenth-century convent beside the Oudegracht. Its collection traces the history of Christianity in the Netherlands, with medieval sculpture, manuscripts and gold and silver, and paintings by artists including Rembrandt and Frans Hals.
Best time to go: Look for the illuminated manuscripts and the medieval vestments in the treasury.
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