Collection and Library Museum Catharijneconvent online

Museum Catharijneconvent exhibits the past and present of Christian heritage in the Netherlands, with centuries-old and contemporary art and artefacts. The more than 65,000 items in Museum Catharijneconvent's collection are all included in the database, now accessible on the internet. The museum library, with more than 40,000 books, articles, and periodicals on Christianity in the Netherlands, is also available online.

From Jesus to GSUS

The museum’s tremendously varied collection includes dazzling gold and silver, paintings by old masters such as Jan van Scorel, Rembrandt, and Pieter Saenredam, sculptures of saints, medieval manuscripts, video art, relics, rosaries, jeans by GSUS, photos, devotional prints, and much more. The foundation of the current collection was laid by the merger of the ecclesiastical collections of the Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum and Oud-Katholiek Museum in Utrecht and the Bisschoppelijk Museum in Haarlem. The collection is still growing, thanks to gifts, purchases, and long-term loans.

Reproductions

Through these new online resources, the museum is offering the public and researchers the opportunity to study and use text and images from the collection database. The images can be downloaded free of charge at a resolution of 72 DPI. You can also order high-resolution photographs, even of objects that do not have photographs in the database. For information, send an e-mail to bibliotheek@catharijneconvent.nl.

Comments and suggestions

Museum Catharijneconvent welcomes any suggestions, whether they relate to attribution, iconography, or other information about its holdings. Entries in the database may be incorrect or incomplete, and we appreciate your help. Comments can also be submitted on any item. These will be reviewed and processed by the museum staff.