Westfries Museum

The Westfries Museum is a museum of local records set up inside the Dutch city of Hoorn. It was opened on 10 January 1880 and has been mounted in a enormous constructing dating to 1632. This constructing in the beginning belonged to the Gecommitteerde Raden van West-Friesland en het Noorderkwartier, as part of the Staten van Holland en West Friesland, and later became a court docket. Until 1932 a part of the building housed the kanton's courtroom and part of its museum.

The museum has an extensive collection of paintings, silver gadgets, porcelain, historic firearms, objects of the schutterij and VOC objects. The series is exhibited in 25 rooms, of which one is a fashion room. In 1953, 15th century cellars had been found beneath the building. These have been restored and are now used as exhibition areas for archaeological objects from Hoorn and its environment. The museum is supported by using the Friends Foundation of the Westfries Museum that become set up on the initiative of the Westfries Society.