Frans Hals Museum
Haarlem · Netherlands · Founded 1862
The world's most extensive collection of paintings by Frans Hals, in a seventeenth-century almshouse in Haarlem.
About Frans Hals Museum
Founded in 1862, the Frans Hals Museum moved into the Oudemannenhuis — a charitable home for elderly men — in 1913. Its main attraction is the only complete group of Hals's monumental Civic Guard portraits.
The museum's second site, Hal, hosts contemporary art that engages with the Golden Age collection.
Collections & Highlights
Frequently Asked Questions
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