History museums in Dordrecht

The museum is the house of the banker and collector Simon van Gijn who lived there from 1864 until his death in 1922. Van Gijn left the house and most of his collections to the Old Dordrecht Society. His wish was for the collections to be made publicly accessible and for his home to be converted int

In our museum in Dordrecht, you’ll discover how affluent citizens lived at the end of the 18th century. The style rooms on the ground floor are decorated in the Louis XVI style. The highlight of the museum is the round Maas Room with a view of the busiest three-river intersection in Europe.

In Hof van Nederland you will experience how we in the Netherlands deal with our freedoms, then and now, told from different perspectives. On the basis of important historical events that are important for Dutch history and which largely took place in Dordrecht, the oldest city in Holland, you will