Maastricht - Limburg Museum of Art and Antiquities Limburgs Museum voor Kunst en Oudheiden

 
Southwest of the Markt lies Dominicanerplein. The Limburg Museum of Art and Antiquities (Limburgs Museum voor Kunst en Oudheiden) or Bonnefanten Museum was housed at No. 5 from 1987 to 1993. The name refers to the museum's former home in a convent of Sepulchrine nuns, popularly known as the Bonnefanten because they brought up girls to be good, well-behaved children ("bonnes enfants"). The convent, in Bonnefantenstraat, which had at one time also been a barracks, now houses the University Library.

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At present No. 5 Dominicanerplein is being used as an information center. The top Milanese architect Aldo Rossi has designed a palace-like edifice with a massive conical tower which will be opened in 1995. This will then house the exhibits of the Bonnefanten Museum; these include paintings from the south of the Netherlands (including Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Younger and Rubens), as well as Italian and modern works, prehistoric material (e.g. grave goods from a large tomb at Meerlo), Roman and early medieval grave goods found near St Servaaskerk, and a model of the old town.
Address: Bonnefanten Museum, Avenue Céramique 250, Maastricht, Limburg 6201 BS, Netherlands
Hours:
11am-5pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Facilities: Restaurant or food service

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