{"id":5471,"date":"2021-11-25T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pieterskerk.isbijna.af\/museum\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:33:55","slug":"museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_entry_wrapper max\">\n        <a class=\"image_entry_image max\" href=\"#\" title=\"600x600 floorplan jan-steen-soo-voer-gesongen-soo-na-gepepen-mh742-mauritshuis\" download><div class=\"image_entry_image max\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/600x600-Plattegrond-jan-steen-soo-voer-gesongen-soo-na-gepepen-mh742-mauritshuis.jpg');\" alt=\"600x600 Plattegrond jan-steen-soo-voer-gesongen-soo-na-gepepen-mh742-mauritshuis\"><\/div><\/a>\n            <div class=\"image_entry_content max\">\n            <h1>The anniversary year of Jan Steen<\/h1>\n\n                        <div class=\"imagetextfield\"><p><p>In 2026 Leiden celebrates the anniversary of the birth of the famous Dutch painter Jan Steen (1626-1679).<\/p>\n<p>As a born Leidenaar Jan Steen lived close to the Pieterskerk during the last years of his life. After his passing in 1679 he was interred in the family grave near the choir of the Pieterskerk.<\/p>\n<p>During the anniversary year a presentation will be on show next to the tombstone of Jan Steen and his family in the ambulatory. It remains one of the most important spots where Jan Steen is remembered in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n                  \n            <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/anniversary-of-jan-steen\/\" title=\"Go to https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/anniversary-of-jan-steen\/\">\n            <button class=\"btn\" title=\"standard button\">More information<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n            \n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_entry_wrapper max\">\n                <a class=\"image_entry_image max\" href=\"#\" title=\"1500x600 2013-Thomas-Hill-Stefan-Tetelepta-35\" download><div class=\"image_entry_image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1500x600-2013-Thomas-Hill-Stefan-Tetelepta-35-760x600.jpg');\" alt=\"1500x600 2013-Thomas-Hill-Stefan-Tetelepta-35\"><\/div><\/a>\n                    <div class=\"image_entry_content max\">\n                <h1>Organs<\/h1>\n\n                                <div class=\"imagetextfield\"><p><p>The Pieterskerk Leiden possesses two unique organs. The <strong>Van Hagerbeer organ<\/strong> on the western wall and the <strong>Thomas Hill organ<\/strong> in the southern ambulatory.<\/p>\n<p>These organs, each with its own character and specific qualities, contribute in a special way to the unique organ-map of Leiden. An authentic and unique Dutch city-organ from the 17th century and a large English organ, together in one monument, is unique.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n                        \n                <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/organs\/\" title=\"Go to https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/organs\/\">\n                <button class=\"btn\" title=\"standard button\">More information<\/button>\n                <\/a>\n                \n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_entry_wrapper max\">\n                <a class=\"image_entry_image max\" href=\"#\" title=\"600x600 2019 Pieterskerk Leiden - Open Monumentendagen (Mike van Bemmelen) (46)\" download><div class=\"image_entry_image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/600x600-2019-Pieterskerk-Leiden-Open-Monumentendagen-Mike-van-Bemmelen-46-2.jpg');\" alt=\"600x600 2019 Pieterskerk Leiden - Open Monumentendagen (Mike van Bemmelen) (46)\"><\/div><\/a>\n                    <div class=\"image_entry_content max\">\n                <h1>Museum status<\/h1>\n\n                                <div class=\"imagetextfield\"><p><p>With its 900 years of history the Pieterskerk Leiden is already a museum in itself. The core of the collection consists of a large amount of commemorative monuments. Possibly even more important than the stones of the building themselves, are the stories which our monuments tells.<\/p>\n<p>Stories about age-old traditions, that continue to this day. Like the Opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University or the American history in which the Pieterskerk Leiden plays an important part.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/education\/guided-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Already curious? Read more about our guided tours here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n                        \n                <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                \n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       \n\n    <div class=\"image_entry_wrapper max\">\n                <a class=\"image_entry_image max\" href=\"#\" title=\"600x600 detail John Robinson memorial (Stefan Tetelepta) floorplan\" download><div class=\"image_entry_image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/600x600-detail-John-Robinson-memorial-Stefan-Tetelepta-plattegrond.jpg');\" alt=\"600x600 detail John Robinson memorial (Stefan Tetelepta) plattegrond\"><\/div><\/a>\n                    <div class=\"image_entry_content max\">\n                <h1>Pilgrims<\/h1>\n\n                                <div class=\"imagetextfield\"><p><p>A permanent exhibition has been put up in the former baptistry of the Pieterskerk Leiden. Here the Leiden chapter of the story of the American Pilgrims is told.<\/p>\n<p>A history with many perspectives, from the English refugees to the downfall of the American Native Nations. And a history with a strong connection to Leiden.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n                        \n                <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/pilgrims-exhibition-history\/\" title=\"Go to https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/pilgrims-exhibition-history\/\">\n                <button class=\"btn\" title=\"standard button\">More information<\/button>\n                <\/a>\n                \n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       \n\n    <div class=\"image_entry_wrapper max\">\n                <a class=\"image_entry_image max\" href=\"#\" title=\"1680x720 Drieluik met het Laatste Oordeel (foto Claudia Claas) museum 3\" download><div class=\"image_entry_image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1680x720-Drieluik-met-het-Laatste-Oordeel-foto-Claudia-Claas-museum-3-760x600.jpg');\" alt=\"1680x720 Drieluik met het Laatste Oordeel (foto Claudia Claas) museum 3\"><\/div><\/a>\n                    <div class=\"image_entry_content max\">\n                <h1>An interior filled with monuments<\/h1>\n\n                                <div class=\"imagetextfield\"><p><p>Take a digital stroll through the impressive interior of the Pieterskerk Leiden.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will you find information about the organs or the pressed brocade in the choir here, but about important graves and remarkable decorations as well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n                        \n                <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/floorplan\/\" title=\"Go to https:\/\/pieterskerk.com\/en\/museum\/floorplan\/\">\n                <button class=\"btn\" title=\"standard button\">Floorplan<\/button>\n                <\/a>\n                \n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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