# Fries Museum
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{{About|the museum of Frisian art and history|the museum of fries|Frietmuseum}}
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| established = {{start date and age|13 April 1881}}
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| location = Wilhelminaplein 92,
[Leeuwarden](/source/Leeuwarden), Netherlands
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The '''Fries Museum''' (Frisian Museum) is a museum in [Leeuwarden](/source/Leeuwarden), Netherlands. It has won the Global Fine Art Award which is sometimes nicknamed the Museum-Oscar.[{{Cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2221327-fries-museum-wint-museum-oscar-voor-expositie-alma-tadema.html|title=Fries Museum wint 'museum-Oscar' voor expositie Alma-Tadema|date=3 September 2018|work=NOS|access-date=23 March 2019}}]
==History (1881–2012)==
The museum was founded on 13 April 1881 by the "''Provincial Friesch Genootschap ter Beoefening van Friesche Geschied-, Oudheid- en Taalkunde''", a society for the preservation of Frisian culture that itself was founded in 1827 and needed a place to exhibit the various artifacts it had gathered together. In the early decades this local museum on the {{ill|Turfmarkt, Leeuwarden|nl|Turfmarkt (Leeuwarden)}}, an offshoot of the ''Antiquarisch Kabinet van Friesland'', was focussed on typical [Hindelooper](/source/Hindeloopen) goods and other Frisian curiosities that had been collected by the local preacher-writer [Joost Hiddes Halbertsma](/source/Justus_Hiddes_Halbertsma). The first historical exhibition of 1877, however, which had over 1500 items on loan and attracted many visitors, led to an unexpected profit of 17,000 guilders, and the museum was able to purchase a new property on the Koningstraat, the former "Eysinga house", where the museum opened its doors in 1881.[[https://www.friesmuseum.nl/over-het-museum/geschiedenis/ History Fries Museum]. Retrieved 15 March 2018.]
A further important boost to the collection occurred when [William III of the Netherlands](/source/William_III_of_the_Netherlands) bequeathed many portraits from the collection of the [Stadhouderlijk Hof](/source/Stadhouderlijk_Hof). In 1892 a new wing was built to house the growing collection, with a special viewing room for the paintings with a large skylight.
File:Leeuwarden Fries Museum.jpg|Former entrance to the Fries Museum on the Turfmarkt in Leeuwarden
File:Leeuwarden Koningsstraat 1 Fries Museum, Eysingahuis.jpg|[Eysinga house](/source/Eysinga_house_(Leeuwarden)), a [rijksmonument](/source/rijksmonument)
File:100707 Turfmarkt 18-20 (Fries Museum) Leeuwarden NL.jpg|Turfmarkt 18-20, was part of the museum, a rijksmonument
File:WLANL - 23dingenvoormusea - Bisschopskamer Fries Museum.jpg|Bishop's room
==New building==
The [Frisian](/source/Friesland) architect [Abe Bonnema](/source/Abe_Bonnema) initiated the new building. When he died in 2001, he left 18 million euros to the Fries Museum.[[https://www.friesmuseum.nl/over-het-museum/partners/abe-bonnema-stichting-1/ Fries Museum and Abe Bonnema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316024740/https://www.friesmuseum.nl/over-het-museum/partners/abe-bonnema-stichting-1/ |date=2018-03-16 }}. Retrieved 15 March 2018.] The new museum on Wilhelminaplein was designed by [Hubert-Jan Henket](/source/Hubert-Jan_Henket). On 13 September 2013, the building was opened by [Queen Máxima](/source/Queen_M%C3%A1xima_of_the_Netherlands).
==Collection==
The collection of the Fries Museum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to [arts](/source/arts), [crafts](/source/crafts), and [history](/source/history) from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum.
The most iconic objects in the museum are the [Hindelooper](/source/Hindeloopen) Room, the Popta Treasure (Frisian silverware) and the legendary sword of [Grote Pier](/source/Grote_Pier).[[https://www.friesmuseum.nl/en/collection/icons/ iconic objects in the Fries Museum]. Retrieved 15 March 2018.]
The [Mata Hari](/source/Mata_Hari) hall is dedicated to the life of the dancer and spy, who was born in 1876 in Leeuwarden as Margaretha Zelle. The museum has the largest collection of works by the local late 16th century portrait painter [Adriaen van Cronenburg](/source/Adriaen_van_Cronenburg). The collection contains paintings by notable painters such as [Wigerus Vitringa](/source/Wigerus_Vitringa), [Wybrand de Geest](/source/Wybrand_de_Geest), [Eelke Jelles Eelkema](/source/Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema), [Lawrence Alma-Tadema](/source/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema), Gerrit Benner and [Jan Mankes](/source/Jan_Mankes).
WLANL - eldovani - Hindelooper kamers 02.jpg|Hindelooper Room
Alma Tadema Chiesa San Clemente.jpg|Interior of [Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano](/source/Basilica_of_San_Clemente_al_Laterano) (1863) by [Lawrence Alma-Tadema](/source/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema)
Adriaen van Cronenburg Portrait of Frouk van Haerda.jpg|portrait of Frouk van Haerda by [Adriaen van Cronenburg](/source/Adriaen_van_Cronenburg)
Great fibula of Wijnaldum.jpg|Fibula of Wijnaldum
==References==
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* Fries Museum; Nederlandse Musea II, Geschreven door de stêf van het museum, Skreaun troch de stef fan it museum; Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Grafische Inrichting B.V., Haarlem, 1978
==External links==
* {{Commonscatinline}}
* {{Official website|www.friesmuseum.nl}}
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Category:1881 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Museums established in 1881
Category:Museums in Leeuwarden
Category:Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Category:History museums in the Netherlands
Category:Decorative arts museums
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