Renovation & Refurbishing
In February 2024, the city council of Delft definitively approved the plans for the renovation and refurbishing of our museum. The museum’s doors closed on 5 January 2025. The renovations have now begun. We would like to inform you about the major changes in store for the historic monument, inside and out.
“We will make the Museum Prinsenhof Delft an attractive and modern museum for everyone. The wonderful, monumental monastery will become sustainable and be thoroughly restored as an accessible museum for future generations. There will be beautiful, well climate-controlled museum galleries, with daylight entering through open shutters. The museum will open itself up to the city.”- Janelle Moerman, director
Image: BiermanHenket and DELVA Landscape Architecture
Accessible, Sustainable and Welcoming
Starting in 2027, visitors will enter the museum by way of the redesigned Prinsentuin (princes’ garden) and the new central entrance at the heart of the monumental complex. In the magnificent entrance hall, visitors will find the museum shop and set off on their visit to the museum. We will invite our visitors on a journey through six centuries of art and history, to discover their own (open and inquisitive) Delft perspective on the world in this way. The route takes visitors past temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection. With the familiar themes: William the Silent, Prince of Orange; Delftware and Delft Masters. Starting in 2027, however, we will be more closely connected to the world around us, with innovative exhibitions twice a year and appealing public programming.
Accessible, Sustainable and Welcoming
Starting in 2027, visitors will enter the museum by way of the redesigned Prinsentuin (princes’ garden) and the new central entrance at the heart of the monumental complex. In the magnificent entrance hall, visitors will find the museum shop and set off on their visit to the museum. We will invite our visitors on a journey through six centuries of art and history, to discover their own (open and inquisitive) Delft perspective on the world in this way. The route takes visitors past temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection. With the familiar themes: William the Silent, Prince of Orange; Delftware and Delft Masters. Starting in 2027, however, we will be more closely connected to the world around us, with innovative exhibitions twice a year and appealing public programming.
Image: BiermanHenket
The renewed museum will soon be much more closely connected to the city than it has been, starting with the route through the garden, leading up to the new entrance. Visitors will immediately have a view of the monumental façades of the former monastic complex. The museum will also open itself up to the outside world. The shutters will be wide open in several places in the museum, and daylight will flood in once again.
With these interventions, this top-100 listed monument will be preserved for future generations in a sustainable way and we will be even better able to welcome our visitors as of 2027.
Image: DELVA Landscape Architecture Urbanism
Image: BiermanHenket