Investigation into the provenance of museum collections in connection with the theft, confiscation and sale of objects under duress between 1933 and 1945.

menu Skip over navigation | Sla menu over

Stedelijk Museum Roermond

to museum overview

Stedelijk Museum Roermond

Neerstraat 11-13 6041 KA Roermond www.museum.roermond.nl

Investigation results

None of the objects in this museum have problematic provenance.

Result of this investigation

The museum reports that investigators found no objects with problematic provenance after investigating the collection registration system, Roermond municipality archives, RKD records, the old inventory book, annual reports and various websites. Investigators discovered in archive records that Jan Frans Douven’s Tower of Babel had been in the possession of an otherwise unspecified Reichsdeutsche, a German citizen living in Belgium. It came into the museum’s collection in 1959 via a circuitous route. Investigators have not identified any problems regarding its provenance. None of the objects in the museum collection relate to Jewish liturgical observance.

Information from previous research (report Museum Acquisitions 1940-1948)

View reaction of Stedelijk Museum Roermond in the report Museale acquisitions 1940-1948 which was published in 1999 in response to the previous museum research.

About this museum and its collection

Roermond Municipal Museum combines a number of collections: while a presentation on architect Pierre Cuypers appears in Cuypers House, exhibits in History House showcase Roermond’s history and other displays features sculpture located in various rooms in the museum.