Dordrechts Museum
Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries. The permanent collection includes numerous paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and the baroque period, as well as a sizeable collection of landscape art and 19th century paintings. The museum has an important collection of Dutch Masters in the Netherlands with art on display from Rembrandt, Jacob van Strij and the city's most famous painter Aelbert Cuyp.
History
The museum was established in 1842 by a group of five art collectors from the Dordrecht area. It moved to its current location in 1904 taking over the converted building of a former asylum for the mentally ill. Initial work to make the building suitable was designed by Bernardus van Bilderbeek. It was not until the 1970s that there was further work on the museum - local architect and designer Water Nikkels oversaw the creation of two adjoining buildings. In 2006, architect Dirk Jan Postel received the commission to add a new wing. It was completed by 2010 allowing for better display temporary exhibitions, as well as improved visitor facilities, including more toilets, a shop and restaurant.In 2015, the museum restituted to the heirs of Jacques Hederman a painting by Jacob Cuyp which had been looted by the Nazis. The museum then repurchased the painting.