Museum Het Prinsenhof

{{short description|Former monastery and municipal museum in Delft, Netherlands}} {{for|the palace in Ghent|Prinsenhof (Ghent)}} thumb|300px|Entrance to the Prinsenhof Museum '''Het''' '''Prinsenhof''' ("The Court of the Prince") is a museum in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. Formerly the monastery of St Agatha, the building changed purpose over time. The whole building came into the possession of Delft City Council by 1925, who gradually converted the building into a museum.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-24 |title=Prinsenhof in Delft - Museum en historische locatie |url=https://historiek.net/prinsenhof-in-delft/920/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Historiek |language=nl-NL}}</ref> Today, the museum shows a variety of art from Dutch Golden Age paintings, prints, ceramics and contemporary art.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leeuwen-Jansen |first=Femke van |date=2024-05-28 |title=Museum Prinsenhof Delft Launches Online Collection Database and Website |url=https://www.codart.nl/museums/museum-prinsenhof-delft-launches-online-collection-database-and-website/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=CODART |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=De collectie |url=https://www.museumprinsenhofdelft.nl/collectie |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.museumprinsenhofdelft.nl |language=en}}</ref>

== History of the Building == The building was constructed in the Middle Ages as a monastery. Later it served as a residence for the Dutch statesman William the Silent. William was assassinated in the Prinsenhof by Balthasar Gérard in 1584 - the holes in the wall made by the bullets at the main stairs are still visible.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum Prinsenhof Delft |url=https://www.indelft.nl/en/locaties/2707236321/museum-prinsenhof-delft |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.indelft.nl |language=en}}</ref>

== Organisation == The museum receives the majority of its funding from Delft City Council, and had overall costs of 5.834m Euros in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum Prinsenhof Delft |url=https://www.museumprinsenhofdelft.nl/over-het-museum |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.museumprinsenhofdelft.nl |language=nl}}</ref> It attracted just over 134,000 visitors in 2023. Janelle Moerman has been the director since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-09 |title=Hemd van het Lijf: Janelle Moerman |url=https://www.delftopzondag.nl/nieuws/algemeen/84828/hemd-van-het-lijf-janelle-moerman- |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.delftopzondag.nl |language=nl}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery heights=160 widths=230> KogelgatenPrinsenhof.jpg|Bullet holes from the assassination of William the Silent at the main stairs of the Prinsenhof Delft - Prinsenhof in the Netherlands.jpg|Former St. Agatha church Prinsenhof-2006 1.jpg|The garden of the Prinsenhof </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Rijksmonument|12029}}

==External links== * [https://prinsenhof-delft.nl/en Prinsenhof municipal museum]. * {{Commons category-inline|Museum Het Prinsenhof}}

Category:Rijksmonuments in Delft Category:Museums in South Holland