Museum Collectie Brands is a museum in Nieuw-Dordrecht, Drenthe. The museum contains a collection of over seventy thousand objects and books that were collected by Jans Brands (1932-2019) during his lifetime. The ‘crown jewel’ of the museum is a complete medieval register from 1382, which contains a summary of all the feudal lords and their holdings that had sworn fealty to the then bishop of Utrecht, Floris van Wevelinkhoven. The origins of the museum can be traced to Jans Brands. Jans realized at an early age the value of ordinary items and objects. He kept and collected what others might have tossed out. Later in his life he bought books and items on garage sales, and on auctions he acquired precious and unique artifacts. This way a unique collection of objects was gathered during a period of 65 years. In 1978, during the 125th anniversary of the village of Nieuw-Dordrecht, an exhibition was organized with objects from the collection of Brands. It was during this exhibition that the larger public started to realize the size and historic value of the collection. Because of this a foundation called Nieuw-Dordrecht Historisch en Cultuur was founded by Jans Brands and two others, with the goal to protect the collection for posterity. From 1992 on out, the foundation held a yearly exhibition in the community centre with items from the collection. Five years later a start was made with the improvement of Brands’ farmhouse in order to house and protect the many old newspapers and books he had collected. In 1999 the province of Drenthe gifted the foundation 250.000 Dutch guilder in order to research the cultural-historical value of the collection. Because of this gift, the farmhouse was opened to the public in 2002 during the weekends, and a year later (2003) the Beheer Collectie Brands foundation was established. Plans were made in 2007 for the construction of a new building besides the farmhouse to house the extensive collection. In 2010, these plans were enacted. The construction work, and the bad state of the farmhouse, made it necessary to move the collection to a storage facility in Schoonebeek. In August 2010 work was started on the renovation of the farmhouse and the construction of the building. A mere nine months later, in May 2011, work had advanced to such a degree that the books of the collection could be moved to the newly build library. The official opening of the new library, and incorporated study centre, took place on 17 November 2011. On 5 ... More information...
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