Museum sights in Utrecht City
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Dick Bruna Huis
One of Utrecht’s favourite sons, Dick Bruna, is honoured at Dick Bruna Huis. Bruna is the creator of beloved cartoon rabbit Miffy, and she naturally takes pride of place, along with an extensive overview of Bruna’s career: from the book covers he designed for his family’s publishing company to multimedia demonstrations of his technique and philosophy. Kids love this place, as do adults who find their inner kid again.
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Centraal Museum
The Centraal Museum has a wide-ranging collection. It displays applied arts dating back to the 17th century, as well as paintings by some of the Utrecht School artists and a bit of De Stijl to boot – including the world’s most extensive Gerrit Rietveld collection, a wet dream for all minimalists. There’s even a 12th-century Viking longboat that was dug out of the local mud, plus a sumptuous 17th-century dollhouse.
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Museum Catharijneconvent
The Museum Catharijneconvent, has the finest collection of medieval religious art in the Netherlands – virtually the history of Christianity, in fact – is housed in a Gothic former convent and a 18th-century canal-side house. Marvel at the many beautiful illuminated manuscripts, carvings and robes and then contemplate it all in the old cloisters.
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Universiteitsmuseum
The Universiteitsmuseum is a mixed bag – and that’s the ‘toof’! There’s a re-created late-19th- century classroom, historic dentistry tools (‘Is it safe?’) and way too many models of medical maladies.
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Nederlands Waterleidingmuseum
Spread throughout the various levels of a soaring brick water tower built in 1896, the Nederlands Waterleidingmuseum takes a good, hard look at what happens to water before and after humans use it.
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Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement
It has a colourful collection of musical machines from the 18th century onwards. Hourly tours demonstrate these with gusto. The newly opened restoration workshop lets you see how these mechanical marvels work.
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Aboriginal Art Museum
A bit of a surprise in Utrecht, the Aboriginal Art Museum, devoted to contemporary Australian Aboriginal art, is sure to delight those bored with Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
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Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum
The Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum features historic trains and thematic displays in an old station building; a high-speed mini-train takes kids around the grounds.
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