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Museum Van Loon
Keizersgracht 672 1017 ET AMSTERDAM Phone: 020 624 5255 Timings: Mo : 11:00 - 17:00 hour Tu : Closed We -Su: 11:00 - 17:00 hour Closed on Wednesday 1 January 2014 Closed on Wednesday 25 December 2013. http://www.museumvanloon.nlAbout
Museum Van Loon, the former house of the regent Van Loon family, is situated in the heart of the Amsterdam Canals. Willem van Loon was in 1602 co-founder of the Dutch East Indian Company. The house was designed in 1672 by architect Adriaen Dortsman. The first inhabitant of the house was Ferdinand Bol, a student of the famous painter Rembrandt. In the rooms one finds beautiful portraits, impressive pieces of furniture and silver and porcelain from different centuries.Behind the house lays a beautiful garden. It was designed in the style popular in the seventeenth century and contains a beautiful facade of the coach house.Coach HouseRecently the coach house was added to the museum. For a long time it was still owned by the Van Loon family until the museum was able to buy it in 2009. It was restored in its original splendour. This way the original city ensemble of house, garden and coach house was reunited.The Van Loon family was very fond of horses and carriages. When they were in need of a carriage the coach driver went through the back exit, onto the Kerkstraat and pulled up in front of the main entrance to the house on the Keizersgracht. There the family would get in. The honourable Willem Hendrik van Loon loved driving coaches himself and entered multiple competitions on the Museumplein.In the coach house the original Van Loon carriages are on display. The authentic harnesses and liveries were also kept and can now be admired in their original place.In the future the coach house will feature special exhibitions and provides the museum with the possibility to receive groups.World HeritageThere is no better place where one can experience the Amsterdam canals in such a way as in Museum Van Loon. Because of their unique character Unesco added the canals to the world heritage list.Museum Van Loon provides a special glimpse behind an impressive facade of a canal house.
