Museum Willet-Holthuysen in Amsterdam
Museum Willet-Holthuysen has an impressive collection of furniture, silverware and paintings. It is housed in a beautifully preserved 17th century mansion. Although the original layout of the rooms has remained intact, the many different merchant and patrician families who lived in this house over the years had it refurnished and repainted.
The last residents were Abraham Willet and his wife Louisa Holthuysen. Willet's family was far from poor but his marriage to the much wealthier Louisa Holthuysen gave him the opportunity to indulge his passion in acquiring art on a much larger scale. His sizeable art collection forms the core of the museum. In 1895 Louisa left the house, with its contents, to the city of Amsterdam, on the condition that the museum would bear the name Willet-Holthuysen and her husband's art collection would be displayed. The museum opened its doors a year later.
Address: Herengracht 605
Postal code: 1017CE
City: Amsterdam
