MUSEUM VAN LOON

Description

Essentials about the Museum Van Loon in brief

If you want to get an idea of what a typical canal mansion looked like in the 18th century, you should visit the Museum Van Loon. Named after the Van Loon family, who lived in the house for many decades, the museum shows the interior of a wealthy family of that time.

The exhibition of the Museum Van Loon

The canal house is located at Keizersgracht 672 and was built together with the neighboring house No. 674 in the years 1671 to 1672 for a Flemish merchant. From the very beginning, the building complex was planned in such a way that house number 674 was the owner’s residence and the neighboring house number 672 could be rented out. The first tenant was the painter Ferdinand Bol.

From the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the namesake Van Loon family occupied the houses. In 1960 the museum was established, for which the interior of the building was restored to its former state in the 18th century. The interior decoration consists, among other things, of a picture gallery with portraits of the Van Loon family, of printed wallpaper and of antique furniture and cabinets with china. Also very beautiful is the garden, which was created in the 1970-ies on the model of a city garden from the 17th century.