The Katwijks Museum is located in the centre of Katwijk, at about 200 metres from the beach
Katwijks Museum
Voorstraat 46
2225 ER Katwijk ZH
Tel. +31714013047
Bank: NL 69 RABO 0391809555
VAT: NL 803878138B01
Chamber of Commerce: 41166458
General: info@katwijksmuseum.nl
Board (via secretary): secretaris@katwijksmuseum.nl
Sales and Marketing: pr@katwijksmuseum.nl
By train
Leiden Central Station, and then go on by bus
By bus
From outside Leiden Central Station, take bus 431 (R-net) and get off at bus stop Katwijk Centrum, or take bus 90 from Leiden Central Station (direction Boulevard) and get off at bus stop Nieuw Brittenburg.
From Lisse, take bus 90 to Boulevard and get off at bus stop Nieuw Brittenburg.
By car
From A44, exit 8, signed Leiden/Valkenburg/Katwijk, via N206.
Paid parking available in the underground car parks on Boulevard and in Tramstraat, both within a few minutes’ walking distance from the museum. From October 1st until March 31st, parking in the underground car parks is free for the first two hours.
There are two parking spaces for disabled visitors in the immediate vicinity of the museum: one diagonally across from the museum in Voorstraat (in front of Hoogvliet supermarket) and one at the corner of Voorstraat/Museumstraat, adjacent to the museum.
Directions to either parking space: Tramstraat, Noordeinde, Dwarsstraat, Elleboogstraat, Louwestraat, Voorstraat.
You can also park at the car park behind Hoogvliet supermarket, which is accessible via Elleboogstraat. Entering the supermarket at the back, and exiting at the main entrance, you will find yourself immediately in front of the museum.
To plan your trip by public transport: go to 9292ov.nl
Welcome to the Katwijks Museum, the museum by the sea.
If you have any questions about your visit, please contact us at info@katwijksmuseum.nl. We are always happy to help. Guided tours can be requested via bezoek@katwijksmuseum.nl
More information about the beautiful seaside village of Katwijk available on:
| Adults: | €10,50 |
| Ages 13-17: | € 4,00 |
| Children under 13 | Free |
| CJP card holders: | € 5,00 |
| Netherlands Museum Pass: | Free |
| Rembrandt Pass: Vereniging Rembrandt |
Free |
| ICOM card holders: | Free |
| Vriend van het Katwijks Museum: | Free |
| Genootschap Oud Katwijk members: | Free, once a year, on presentation of membership card |
| Guided tours by appointment | |
| Tours, with a maximum of 10 visitors per museum attendant: | € 25,00 |
| Group bookings (including tour and coffee and cakes): | bezoek@katwijksmuseum.nl |
| Tours available in Dutch, German or English | Free (see events calendar) |
Voorstraat 46, Katwijk
Ever since the 17th century painters have been attracted by the hustle and bustle on the beach in Katwijk. Jan van Goyen from the neighbouring town of Leyden, for instance, made sketches there on his journeys through the Netherlands. As far as is known, over 1200 artists have worked in Katwijk, most of them between 1870 and 1914. They found accommodation in two hotels at first, and later also in guesthouses, or they stayed in the homes of local people. Some of them even had a house built on Katwijk’s Boulevard. Besides Dutch painters such as Jan Toorop, Willy Sluiter and B.J. Blommers, a number of German painters, such as Hans von Bartels , Max Liebermann, German Grobe and Gerhard ‘Morgenstjerne’ Munthe, as well as the American painter Keith Castle, lived and worked here for a short or longer period of time. But there were also painters from England, Belgium and France and even from Japan. Thus, Katwijk evolved into an artists’ colony and, united in the Kunstvereeniging Katwijk (Katwijk artists’ association), the artists organised a number of joint exhibitions in a building on the Boulevard. The First World War and the gradual disappearance of the bomschuiten (flat-bottomed fishing vessels) from the beach meant the end of the artists’ colony.
The museum’s collection of paintings consists primarily of works from the period 1870-1914, but in recent years the collection has been extended to include works by contemporary en plein air artists, who paint out of doors. In summer they can be seen at work at their easels on the beach or in the village.
In the Meerburg room, the former living room of the Meerburg family, the museum’s own collection is displayed in varying combinations. The adjoining Grobe room is suitable for more vulnerable work, such as drawings, water colours and gouaches.
On the first floor you will find the Bottema room, which is named after the painter-etcher-illustrator Tjeerd Bottema (1884-1978), who lived and worked in Katwijk for many years. In this room, also in varying combinations, works by Tjeerd Bottema, his brother Tjerk, his wife Cornelia van Amstel and their daughters Hil and Johanna are displayed.
The Meerburg room, the Van der Plas room, the Bottema room and the intermediate room are used for temporary exhibitions, such as the large exhibitions dedicated to one particular artist or theme. The museum hosts various exhibitions every year.
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