Enschede - Twente Museum

(Local Name: Rijksmuseum Twente) The best known of Enschede's three museums is the Twente Museum (Rijksmuseum Twente), situated at Lasondersingel 129-131, in the north of the town. It has a fine collection of antiquities and pictures, together with old manuscripts, woodcarving, Delft ware and valuable tapestries. The pictures and the museum building itself were gifted by the Van Heek cotton manufacturing firm. All the main periods of art in Flanders and the Netherlands from the 15th century to the present day are represented in the gallery.