Drents Museum, Assen: Photos, Reviews & Location

Museum opened in 1854, with displays including locally found bog bodies & some artworks by Van Gogh.

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Rating breakdown

5 ★58%
4 ★33%
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Brink 1, 9400 AC Assen, Netherlands

drentsmuseum.nl

+31 592 377 773

Quick facts

What is the rating of Drents Museum?: Drents Museum is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 8,863 reviews.
Where is Drents Museum located?: Brink 1, 9400 AC Assen, Netherlands
How can I contact Drents Museum?: Phone: +31 592 377 773 · Website: drentsmuseum.nl

The Van Gogh in Drenthe exhibit (temporary) is absolutely wonderful. It's immersive and informative. A really fascinating look at his early work and development. (Dec 2023)

We visited later in the day ~4pm. Facilities (shop, lockers, etc) are also modern and attractive. We're definitely going back to check out the permanent collection.

Fabio Bambang Oetomo 2023 Oct 21

Great exhibition on Van Gogh’s time spent in the probince of Drenthe.

Castor Zwilling 2023 Oct 16

Schönes Museum mit interessanten, wechselnden Ausstellungen vor allem im neuen Gebäudeteil. Dieses ist schon an sich interessant. Immer wieder überraschend ist die Wandelbarkeit des Raums. Daher lohnt es sich auf jeden Fall öfter zu kommen.
Ein Blick auf die Zugangstreppe und auf das begrünte und begehbare Dach.

Elea P. 2023 Jul 11

Wer Holland bereist, freut sich u.a.auf ein historisches Kunstleben. Sind es doch die Geschichte der alten "Meister", die es geprägt haben. Im Drents Museum sucht man diese Informationen vergebens. Sehr enttäuschend. Eine Dauerausstellung ließe sich sicher auch mit Fotografien oder digital kuratieren. Weder gibt es Informationen zur Geschichte alter Meister, zum Haus, oder dem Ort Assen. Das Haus selbst ist interessant, ihm fehlt aber die Seele an Informationen aus der Vergangenheit, als verbindendes Element, um zu strahlen.

Adel Adventures 2023 Mar 31

Nice museum with nice shop.
The exhibition about Pompei was beautiful and despite the crowds you could still see everything well. And you easily have 3hours tour with permanent collection and other exhibitions.

Floris van Hal 2023 Feb 24

An interesting museum to have a look. The 'dying beautifully' exhibition was on when I visited. The pieces they had on Pompeii and Herculaneum was put together really tightly with nice use of space, lights and some interesting information. The permanent collection is interesting as well, though small. The more artsy collections (Rauch / self portraits) did nothing for me. The museum building itself is very beautiful and it is worth a visit if you happen to be in Assen.

Anna Logvinova 2023 Feb 09

We have visited amazing exhibition 1. POMPEI and Herculaneum 2. Drentse veenlijken 3. Poppenhuis
Everything is amazing starting with the museum building.

Almost a thousand years ago, Cistercian nuns laid the first stone of the Drents Museum. In 1259 they received permission from the bishop of Utrecht to build a new monastery on the site where the museum now stands

The Statenzaal is without doubt the most beautiful room in the Drents Museum. The hall is lavishly decorated.

Visitors to the Drents Museum nowadays enter through a coach house from the end of the 18th century

Architect Erick van Egeraat deliberately chose the color white for the new building of the Drents Museum. White is neutral, so that the colorful collection of the museum comes into its own. White also provides an exciting contrast to the historic buildings of the museum

The floating stairs in the new building of the Drents Museum weigh 16,000 kilos each and are only attached to the upper and lower floors. The stairs were first tested in the factory in Dokkum

My favorite exhibition is Poppenhuis

In the 18th century, it was a hobby for rich women to make dollhouses. A doll's house in those days was not a child's toy, but a serious matter

a visitor can listen to a lecture by Barbara van Lier's daughter and gossip and slander in the girls' room or smell freshly baked bread in the kitchen. This is how the public imagines itself in Drenthe and Assen in the 18th century

Ararat Mnatsakanyan 2022 Oct 23

Beautiful exhibition about Armenian history. Even though there was no queue but the museum was pretty full and I would recommend getting tickets in advance.

Michael A. 2022 Jan 31

We specifically went for the Frida Kahlo exhibition, which, even during covid, was quite good and worth the trip. Although we had relatively little time left afterward, we did manage to see some of the regular exhibition as well. Apparently some of it was being remodeled, so we'll have to come back to see the rest. Because of covid restrictions only 12 people are allowed into the museum shop, so when you pass it and there's no queue, go in right away if you want to check it out.

Witold Kepinski 2021 Nov 15

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