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238  WESTERN NE THERLANDS

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

The museum is named after two art experts, FJO Boijmans and
DG van Beuningen, who presented their own private collections
to the town. The museum thus ended up with one of the finest
collections in the Netherlands. Although it is particularly renowned
for its unique collection of old masters, the museum also represents
all aspects of art and design, from medieval works by Jan van Eyck
to imaginative exhibitions of contemporary artists’ work.

Three Marys at
the Tomb
(1425–35) Brothers
Jan and Hubert Van
Eyck collaborated on
this colourful work
depicting the tomb
of the resurrected
Christ. Acquired with
the collection of Ticket desk
D. G. van Beuningen
in 1958.

Library
Ground floor

Courtyard

Exhibition
entrance
Nautilus Cup
(c.1590) The god
Neptune sits on
top of this beautiful
piece from the
Dutch Renaissance.

Key to Floorplan
Entrance to
15th–17th centuries temporary
Surrealists exhibitions
Print collection
Applied art and design
Temporary exhibitions Entrance to
Non-exhibition space permanent exhibitions
18th century–1945 and Surrealists

For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp397–8 and pp410–11

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