 The old building with the new wing in 2013 | |
  Location in Groningen in the Netherlands | |
| Established | 10 August 1973[2] |
|---|---|
| Location | Hoofdweg 161[1] Bellingwolde, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 53°06′47″N 7°09′43″E / 53.1131°N 7.1619°E |
| Type | Regional museum Art museum History museum |
| Visitors | 4,942 (2016)[3] |
| Director | Obby Veenstra[4] |
| Public transit access | Tweekarspelenweg Bus lines: 12, 811[5] |
| Website | museumdeoudewolden |
Museum de Oude Wolden (Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm də ˌʔʌudə ˈʋɔldə(n)]; English: Museum The Old Wolds), abbreviated as MOW, is a regional museum in the village of Bellingwolde in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on art and history of the regions of Oldambt and Westerwolde in the east of the province of Groningen.
The museum opened on 10 August 1973. In the first decades, it primarily exhibited historical objects documenting everyday life. In the late 1990s, the museum started to exhibit artworks of artist collective De Ploeg and magic realist painter Lodewijk Bruckman. Since 2012, it has a permanent display of paintings by Bruckman and temporary exhibitions.
The museum is an independent foundation that is mainly funded by the municipality of Bellingwedde. From 2013 to 2016, the museum had around 4,700 visitors per year. It is one of the lesser-visited museums in Groningen.
- ^ Contact (in Dutch), Museum de Oude Wolden. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Streekmuseum O.Groningen met 'dieventaal' in gebruik" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1973. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ Arjan Brondijk, "Goed jaar voor Groningse musea, De Oude Wolden uitschieter" (in Dutch), Het Streekblad, 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Friezin nieuwe directeur museum Bellingwolde" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ Bushalte Tweekarspelenweg, Bellingwolde (in Dutch), 9292. Retrieved 24 December 2014.