Diest - Municipal Museum

(Local Name: Stedelijk Museum) In the southwest of the town square is the pre-Classical Stadhuis (town hall) built in 1728.

The cellars of the town hall house the Stedelijk Museum (municipal museum) which is impressive not only because of its valuable collections but also because of its medieval premises. The Gothic hall has a collection of weapons, a fine painting on wood of the "Last Supper" (around 1450) and goldsmiths' work belonging to the guilds. In the Romanesque room are paintings depicting scenes from the life of William the Silent's son, Prince Philipp of Orange-Nassau, who was born in Diest.

The Van der Linden room is named after the museum's founder and contains prehistoric finds from the surrounding area of Diest.