Dordrecht Museum

From Scheffersplein it is a short distance by way of Steegoversloot to Museumstraat, in which (No. 40) is Dordrecht Museum, housed in the former municipal lunatic asylum. The museum has sections devoted to the Hague and Amsterdam Schools, the Dutch Romantics, Ary Scheffer, 20th century art and the Dordrecht Impressionists. On the wall of the staircase leading to the upper floor is a panoramic picture of Dordrecht, 7m/23ft wide. In addition to paintings by Dordrecht artists of the 17th-19th centuries (Ferdinand Bol, Aelbert Cuyp, Ary Scheffer, Nicolaas Maes) the museum also possesses works by leading modern painters such as Jan and Charley Toorop, Jan Sluyters and Wim Schumacher.