Museum Gouda

In Museum Gouda you can find works of art from different periods in history. You will find religious art from the 16th century, works of art from the Hague School and the French School of Barbizon from the 19th century and Gouda Plateel from the 20th century. In the courtyard of the museum there is a terrace and a sculpture garden with various sculptures. In addition to art, the museum also has a collection of objects related to the history of Gouda. You can learn more about Gouda in the 15th and 16th centuries on the basis of a large city model and a treasury full of old treasures. The building itself was a hospital for vagrants for a long time, and later the sick and the elderly were taken care of. There is also a 'dolcel' in the museum, where psychiatric patients were locked up in the past. You will also find a well-preserved collection of torture and punishment instruments in the basement. Think of the city gallows, a stranglehold and a wheelbarrow tire.