#catharijneconvent

[musea-reviews]

Museum Catharijneconvent (St. Catherine's Convent Museum)

‘’The collection tells the art and cultural history of Christianity in the Netherlands.’’ 

Location: Center of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Price: 15,- / students 7,- Duration: 2 - 5 hours Transport: easy to walk to from the central station Language: All text is in Dutch, I didn't ask if the audio tour could change the language Activities: look & read Date of visit: Friday 17 February 2023 Expo at that time: History of Gospel Check out the website

The building was very beautiful from the outside as it was located inside a medieval monastery. You could look in the small garden area for free.

The Children Room The first part of the museum I went to was intended for children and was about all the holidays, this part of the museum even had information on other religions like Judaism and Islam. As these religions and Christianity come from the same set of stories and historical events. The information didn't go very deep since it said things like “the Christmas tree is a part of Christmas because it stays green all year around‘’ instead of explaining it came from pagan religions. I did learn however that we have new year's on the day that we do (8 days after Christmas) because that's when Jesus supposedly got circumcised. Which was a shocking reason to me that I didn't knew. This part did also have some fun interactive elements, such as opening food lockers from a wall to connect 4 kinds of food to the right holiday. Sadly, one of the screens was broken, and the lights were off/broken in that corner, so I couldn’t film it.

Another cool thing there was a built replica of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with light projections explaining why these 3 religions all want to own this place and fight for it. I was all alone in this part of the museum, probably because it was on a school day

The Treasury The next part of the museum was the treasury, a dim lid room full of shiny objects, I loved it. This is also where the ‘’real’’ museum started, so I got handed an audio tour. I love audio tours. However, on the lowest audio setting, it was still too loud for me. But I simply put the headphones further from my ears, you can also use your own headphones if they have a cord. 

Keeping it real I found it all very interesting, I was a bit disappointed that it was not about other religions anymore, but I went in this blindly and didn't know it was specifically a museum of Christianity. Personally, I don't believe in anything, but love to learn about religions. Next to the normal audio tour that talked about the paintings and the history, they also added some new numbers to the audio tour talking more about controversies about some paintings and people. I liked this since they weren't glorifying the religion and showed more about how it was done back in the day. For instance, in the extra audio tour, they talked about Jesus' skin colour and how everywhere in the museum he's portrayed as a white man with long brown hair, meanwhile, this doesn't have to be the case. They explained that it's easier for people to feel connected to stories if they can see themselves in them. The person being interviewed said that when they visited a church in Surinam they saw the painting of ‘’The Last Supper’’ but with everyone being black. They stated in this interview that they're working on adding more diverse pieces like that to the museum, and assured that they were working on a big new collection of different interpretations of the catholic stories. For now, they had an exposition about the history of gospel in America and told the stories of black artists. I didn't see much of it since I couldn't find the right way to walk thou the exhibition and my legs were already hurting since I had been there for 5 hours.

TLDR + Fun room about holidays, not only about Christianity but also about Muslims and Jewish religion. + In the centre of the city, easy to just pop in and out on a city trip. + inclusive and does not give a blind eye to the bad things of Christianity.

- it was pretty hard to navigate the museum and I kept getting lost, don't know if I missed parts of the museum - I do not recommend it to children/teens since there was not a lot to do

Would I pay the price: No, this would not have my interest Would I revisit it: probably not Who do I recommend it to: Adults interested in Christianity or history Interactive:         2 Educational: 4 Storytelling: 2 Price: 3 Memorable: 4 Total score: 3

[dutchjan]

January 12, 2024

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Baptism of the Eunuch Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) Date: 1626 Genre: religious art Period: Dutch Golden Age Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: 64 cm (25 in) high x 47.5 cm (18.7 in) wide Location: Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands

[kundst]

Scenes from the Passion of Christ (ca. 1480)

Unknown painter from the Rhineland

Museum Catherijneconvent Utrecht

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1550 (1545-1554) Workshop of Barthel Bruyn the Elder - Shutters of an altarpiece with donors

(Museum Catharijneconvent)

[artandthebible]

King David In Prayer

Artist: Pieter de Grebber (Dutch, 1600-1652/1653)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: circa 1635-1640

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands

King David In Prayer

The story of king David and the three plagues is told in 2 Samuel 24 and in 1 Chronicles 21. In the Chronicles it is Satan who pushes David to take a census. Joab, the captain of David's army, attempts to change his king's mind: why count people when the Lord adds a hundredfold? But David persists.

When the census is done, David is overcome by remorse for his act of vanity. He asks God to forgive him. God sends a messenger, the prophet Gad, to have David choose from three plagues.

In this painting by De Grebber, a painter from the Dutch town of Haarlem, Gad is not present. An angel holds the symbols of the plagues: a skull for three days of pestilence, a sword for three months of persecution by David's enemies, and empty ears of corn for three (or seven) years of famine.

David picks the shortest punishment, one not by man: pestilence. 70,000 men died.

Next to David are his attributes: a crown and a harp.

[victorysp]

The exhibition 'Ode to Antwerp. The secret of the Dutch masters' shows the great influence of Flemish painters on Dutch painting. King Willem-Alexander opens the exhibition in Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht. May 11, 2023.

📷 Royal House of the Netherlands

[dream-world-universe]

Utrecht

City in the Netherlands

Stadhuis Utrecht

The Neude Square in Utrecht, the Netherlands at night.

Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands, known for its medieval center. It has tree-lined canals, Christian monuments and a venerable university. The iconic Domtoren, a 14th-century bell tower with city views, stands opposite the Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin on central Domplein square. The Museum Catharijneconvent shows religious art and artifacts in a former monastery.

Province: Utrecht

Neighborhoods: Kanaleneiland, Zuilen, Hoograven, MORE

Elevation: 5 m (16 ft)

Utrecht - Wikipedia

utrecht, the netherlands ⋅ ph. utrechtalive 

[liebeli]

Portait of an Unknown Woman, oil on panel, Northern Netherlands, ca. 1540, Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht.

[dutchjan]

January 11, 2024

[dream-world-universe]

Utrecht

City in the Netherlands

Sol Lumen is the name of the laser artwork linking De Uithof with the city centre as part of Utrecht University’s 375th anniversary celebrations.

Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands, known for its medieval center. It has tree-lined canals, Christian monuments and a venerable university. The iconic Domtoren, a 14th-century bell tower with city views, stands opposite the Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin on central Domplein square. The Museum Catharijneconvent shows religious art and artifacts in a former monastery. 

Province: Utrecht

Neighborhoods: Kanaleneiland, Zuilen, Hoograven, MORE

Population: 1.307 million (2019) Eurostat

Elevation: 5 m (16 ft)

Utrecht - Wikipedia

Utrecht, Netherlands (by Maxim Hoplman)

[comicalfellow]

Dress transformations in 'Fashion for God'

Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht

(20 Jan 2024)

[vaillantsdoctorants]

De la recherche de plaisir à la recherche de valeur

De la recherche de plaisir à la recherche de valeur. Arrête de recherche le bonheur et le plaisir immédiat. Cela va entrainer ta ruine et ta perte. Pourquoi le recherche de plaisir et de bonheur n’est pas une solution ? J’étais au musée Catharijneconvent à Utrecht et j’ai vu une peinture qui a attiré mon attention. Sur cette peinture, une femme entourée de nombreuses personnes, assises sur un…

[demistudies]

September 22, 2021

Another beautiful day. This morning I worked on my little presentation on Athens in the 2nd century and I will try to finish it in a bit. In the afternoon we visited the Maria Magdalena exhibit in Utrecht, which was part of my research seminar. It was such a beautiful exhibit and please go, if you’re able to!

[kundst]

Hairy Maria Magdalena

Zwaben (c. 1480-1490)

Aken, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

[mytrhiltaralom]

#buildaladder Me and my friend managed to do another of our (almost) monthly outings 😁 we got tickets for an evening admittance to the #catharijneconvent to see their exhibition about relics. We also got to make our own "relic". An interesting and fun evening! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpK26WOi313/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mou3gbzjeqqy