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About Mauritshuis
Mauritshuis is a museum (Museums (general)) in Willemstad. The address is Hofstraat 1, 4797 AC Willemstad. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +31168755211. Just around the corner: Bastion Zeeland (sight, 129 m) and Frascati (restaurant, 140 m).
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- Category
- Museum › Museums (general)
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- Address
- Hofstraat 1
4797 AC Willemstad, Netherlands - Phone
- +31168755211
- Website
- www.mauritshuiswillemstad.nl
- info@mauritshuiswillemstad.nl
- Coordinates
- 51.69282° N · 4.43630° E
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- confidence 1.00
- Identifier
- ID 40f398a6-486…
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Built in 1623 as a retreat for Prince Maurice of Orange, the Mauritshuis only belonged to him for two years. Upon his death in 1625, the house became owned by the governor of Willemstad. It suffered damages during French rule in the Netherlands, and was restored in a slightly smaller size in 1823. Not much later a military hospital became housed in the building. From 1907 to 1956, the building served as barracks. When the city acquired the building in 1967, it was restored to its original size, and became the city's town hall in 1973. The building nowadays is an information centre for the Zuiderwaterlinie, the southern defence line running from Sluis to Nijmegen. In the attic, a large exhibition of the local historical society can be viewed. From time to time, the building is also used as a wedding venue.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Willemstad (Netherlands)“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 5/4/2025