Bonnefanten Museum
Also known as Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht Bonnefantenmuseum, Stichting Provinciaal Museum Limburg, Het Bonnefanten
thumb|260px|Maquette of Bonnefantenmuseum The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of historic, modern and contemporary art in Maastricht, Netherlands.
Key facts
- Museum.name
- Bonnefanten Museum
- Museum.image
- Rocket-shaped cupola of the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht-Centrum (DSCF7938).jpg
- Museum.mapframe
- yes
- Museum.mapframe caption
- Interactive fullscreen map
- Museum.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Museum.mapframe marker
- museum
- Museum.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Museum.established
- 1884
- Museum.location
- Avenue Céramique 250, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Museum.director
- Stijn Huijts
- Museum.website
- www.bonnefanten.nl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Collection
- Historic Art
- Contemporary art
- Visitor numbers
- Governance
- Gallery
- See also
- Bibliography, references and notes
- External links
thumb|260px|Maquette of Bonnefantenmuseum The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of historic, modern and contemporary art in Maastricht, Netherlands.
==History== The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum for the Dutch province of Limburg. The name Bonnefanten Museum is derived from the French 'bons enfants' ('good children'), the popular name of a former convent that housed the museum from 1951 until 1978.