Westfries Museum - Hoorn

The Westfries Museum on the Roode Steen is closed for a long time due to extensive renovation and renewal. In town and online, you can still discover stories about the history of Hoorn and West Friesland.

* Temporary museum & Podwalks:
You can visit the temporary museum location in the Statenpoort on Nieuwstraat in Hoorn. Here you will experience a multimedia show about the city's historical highlights.

Afterwards, you can set off on one of the in-depth walking routes through Hoorn. You can choose between a city route (60 min.) and a harbour route (90 min.), which you can walk via your phone as a podwalk or with a walking guide. Of course, you can also walk them both.

* Rembrandt, the photographer:
The renovation is still some time away. That is why the completely empty museum is now the setting for the largest collection of Rembrandt etchings ever seen in the Netherlands! For four months, admire over 200 original etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn. Location: Roode Steen 1, Hoorn

Online exhibitions:
* Pala - Nutmeg Tales of Banda at pala.wfm.nl.
This exhibition is about the history of the Indonesian Banda Islands and the trauma of 1621, when the VOC massacred the population to gain the monopoly on nutmeg.
* The Battle of the Zuiderzee, on view from 11 October 2023 at slagopdezuiderzee.wfm.nl.
The exhibition takes you back to the year 1573, when this important naval battle took place, a key moment in Hoorn's history.

Once the museum reopens at its own location, you will discover even more fascinating stories.