Noordbrabants Museum
Het Noordbrabants Museum is an art museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. History The Provincial Society for Arts and Sciences Het Provinciaal Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen in Noord-Brabant (Provincial society for arts and sciences) was founded in 1836. Some of the founding members were the governor of North Brabant Baron Andreas van den Bogaerde van Terbrugge, whose portrait is in the hall of the museum, and C.R. Hermans, president of the Latin school of 's-Hertogenbosch. The society soon had over 250 members. The purpose of the society was the promotion of arts and sciences. It organized events, contests for research, published books, and created facilities for research, i.e. a library. The province supported the society with 1,000 guilders, and the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch provided some rooms for the library. Library of the society The first location of the library of the Provincial society for Arts and Sciences was on the first floor of the Latin School on the Papenhorst. The society would become famous for this library, which included many manuscripts, but also some collections of coins and curiosities. In 1855 the society moved to the upper floors of the new building of the school, which had been rebranded as city