Museums in Maastricht

Art and culture

Art touches your soul. It gets you thinking and inspires your senses. Maastricht has many museums that have various exciting exhibitions each year. Even the buildings themselves are a work of art!

Limburg History Centre
Limburg History Centre
Sint Pieterstraat 7
6211 JM Maastricht
Maastricht
The Limburg Historic Center is formed from the State Archives in the province of Limburg and the Municipal Archives of Maastricht.
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Centre Ceramique
Centre Ceramique
Céramique
Avenue Céramique 50
6211 KV Maastricht
Céramique, Maastricht
Centre Céramique is on Plein 1992 between the Wyck and Céramique districts.
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Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof
Vrijthof 18
6211 LD Maastricht
Maastricht
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof is a young museum located at the heart of the city in one of the oldest buildings in Maastricht; the former retreat of Charles V. This private museum re-opened after major renovations in 2012.
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Bonnefanten
Bonnefanten
Avenue Ceramique 250
6221 KX Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht's cultural hotspot. An impressive collection of old masters and modern art.
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Marres, House for Contemporary Culture
Marres, House for Contemporary Culture
Capucijnenstraat 98
6211 RT Maastricht
Maastricht
With exhibitions, lectures, research, and publications, Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, explores the visual arts in the widest possible sense.
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Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
De Bosquetplein 6
6211 KJ Maastricht
Maastricht
Take a trip through time from the carbonaceous period and the Cretaceous Sea, with the giant mosasaur (meaning Meuse lizard) fossil, to the animals presently inhabiting Limburg.
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Maastricht Museum
Maastricht Museum
Avenue Céramique 50
6221 KV Maastricht
Maastricht
Be inspired by Maastricht’s history
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Museum of the Art of Printing
Museum of the Art of Printing
Jodenstraat 22
6211 ER Maastricht
Maastricht
On a special location in the heart of Maastricht, you will find the Museum of the Art of Printing. Industrial heritage and graphic art are united here.
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Castle Hoensbroek
Castle Hoensbroek
Klinkertstraat 118
6433 PB Hoensbroek
Hoensbroek
Hoensbroek Castle is one of the largest and most beautiful castles in the Netherlands. It's an exciting and fairytale-like castle with beautiful towers, exciting passageways and a real castle moat to top it all off.
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Museum of Illusions Maastricht
Museum of Illusions Maastricht
Museum of Illusions Maastricht
Mosae Forum 12
6221 DS Maastricht
Museum of Illusions Maastricht, Maastricht
In this brand new museum, visitors of all ages are introduced to the world of optical illusions.
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Bureau Europa
Bureau Europa
Timmerfabriek, Boschstraat 9
6211 AS Maastricht
Maastricht
Bureau Europa is a national museum of architecture located in the heart of the Euregion at the Boschstraat in Maastricht.
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Maastricht is home to many different museums. At the Bonnefanten museum you can indulge in the wonders of modern art, or you can travel back into the prehistoric world of the Mosasaurus at the Natural History Museum. And at Museum aan het Vrijthof, you can learn everything you've always wanted to know about photography.

Everything That Came In Got An Answer
Everything That Came In Got An Answer
until 31 March 2024
For over fifty years, Rod Summers has been receiving a large amount of postal art or mail art from all...
Exhibition Maastricht 1673
Exhibition Maastricht 1673
until 31 March 2024
This year marks 350 years since Maastricht was besieged and conquered by the French Sun King Louis XIV.
Art From The Heart
Art From The Heart
until 28 January 2024
Exhibition at the studio-gallery Trobar
The Studio #8: Caroline Sarneel
The Studio #8: Caroline Sarneel
until 18 February 2024
The series The Studio in the Bonnefanten provides a stage for small scale solo presentations on which...
Between Art and Copy
Between Art and Copy
until 25 February 2024
The Maastricht Institute of Arts is presenting a considerable part of its collection of plaster casts...
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
until 7 January 2024
A Room of One’s Own is an exhibition about the work and ideas of female artists spanning several generations,...
Goodbye to Love: Conversation of all those whose lips are sealed
Goodbye to Love: Conversation of all those whose lips are sealed
until 7 January 2024
The exhibition Goodbye to Love addresses the ways in which we have become lost in our worlds, drifting...
Shinkichi Tajiri: The Restless Wanderer
Shinkichi Tajiri: The Restless Wanderer
until 12 May 2024
Exhibition celebrating the 100th birth year of Japanese-American artist Shinkichi Tajiri
Antiquity in Colour
Antiquity in Colour
until 2 June 2024
You are undoubtedly familiar with the white marble statues from classical antiquity. But did you know...
Piet Killaars 100 Years
Piet Killaars 100 Years
until 7 January 2024
This exhibition contains an overview of sculptures and pre-studies from the Bonnefanten collection.
Humberto Tan - Tomorrow will be better
Humberto Tan - Tomorrow will be better
until 17 March 2024
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents an exhibition by Dutch photographer and media personality...
Communal Enthusiasm
Communal Enthusiasm
until 15 December
The Jan van Eyck Academy celebrates its 75th anniversary with the exhibition 'Communal Enthusiasm,' curated...
Christmas | Saint Servatius Basilica
Christmas | Saint Servatius Basilica
until 30 December
Visit the Basilica of Saint Servatius during the most magical period of the year.
INSIDE OUT
INSIDE OUT
until 3 November 2024
An educational exhibition for all curious, non-adults aged 6 and above.
Marres open in the evening!
Marres open in the evening!
Friday 15 December
On Friday, 15th December, Marres extends its opening hours. Bring your date for free, explore the Goodbye...
Restoring Ferdi
Restoring Ferdi
until 14 January 2024
Live restoration in the gallery: works of art by Ferdi
Maastricht Antiquarian Book & Print Fair (MABP)
Maastricht Antiquarian Book & Print Fair (MABP)
8 March 2024 until 10 March 2024
During the 16th edition, the antiquarians are allowed to choose their own themes for displaying items...
TEFAF
TEFAF
9 March 2024 until 14 March 2024
260 of the world's leading galleries from 20 countries present work by old masters and antique works...

Pas de deux

In "Pas de deux," the art at Bonnefanten comes to life in an innovative manner, thanks to a unique collaboration between the museum and regional art collectors. These collectors bring their own artworks together with iconic pieces from the Bonnefanten collection. As a result, art "around the corner" is displayed, typically concealed from the public eye. This exhibition sheds new light on the museum collection, seen through the eyes of private collectors, resulting in a more captivating and diverse narrative. The four collectors collaborating with Bonnefanten are Netty and Jeu van Sint Fiet, as well as Gert and Nicole Beijer.

The exhibition can be viewed at Bonnefanten. "Pas de deux" will be on display until December 3, 2023.

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