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about the michaelis collection |
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Situated in the hub of Cape Town on Greenmarket
Square, this collection is housed in the former City Hall (the Old
Town House) built in 1755 in Cape Rococo style. Donated by Sir Max
Michaelis in 1914, it consists of a world-renowned selection of Nederlandish
art from the seventeenth-century Golden Age. There are works by Frans
Hals, Jan Steen, Jacob Ruisdal, Anthony van Dyck and numerous others.
The role played by building and collection in the cultural life of
the Mother City is enhanced by its prominent position right in its
historical centre on Greenmarket Square. But this role also continues
after-hours, as the popular venue for chamber-music concerts and lectures
on a variety of cultural topics, meetings by cultural organisations
and receptions in the Van Dyck and Frans Hals Rooms or in the intimate
courtyard behind the building. And in addition to the permanent collections,
there is a consistent flow of special, temporary exhibitions widening
the scope of the Museum to cater for the cultural interests of all
Capetonians and tourists alike. Thus, the Michaelis Collection in
the Old Town House has become a place to which to return from time
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