Van Gogh Etten-Leur / Museum Sint Paulushofje — Attraction in Etten-Leur

The all museum looks like you are just in the village second hand shop: the items are not organized and you don’t see a real exposition, the meaning of all of you see are hiding between old junk which is not old enough for you can’t find it at the storage of your grandma. The all time you asking yourself cause no one is gonna talk with you there: how is all of these are connecting with Vincent? Vincent the world famous and people love him but don’t try to find something in other language- it’s only Dutch and it’s so little and so random that you are don’t understand what are you doing here?!! The whole city made an impression as if it "loves Vincent very much" in fact, nothing has changed since Vincent's time... he was happy only as a child and no one (except his brother) has ever supported or loved him... read Vincent's letters to his brother Theo. But now everyone is happily earning on the name of someone who almost died of hunger and dislike. With these bitter thoughts, I did not want coffee, nor did I want to seek some kind of sympathy from the indifferent museum workers. I understand that the originals of the paintings are not for such a museum, but you could use copies of the paintings, you could tell about his parents instead of exposing old frying pans. Look at the little Hieronymus Bosch museum... it's worthy. I regret to leave my review, it is unpleasant to write unpleasant things... but my visit to the museum was a great...

This is small museum with rather humble character but you need to go there if you are in Etten-leur. This place is strictly connected with local history and you can easily find something interesting here. If you are fascinated about Van Gogh and art I advise to buy ticket for visiting church and museum. You can buy those two as one ticket and it cost 12,50 €. There is no crowd of people, so visit is...

Dit is echt een leuk en knus plaatselijk museum met een gezellige ontvangst en boeiende verhalen. Het museum zit in een oud pand (onderdeel van het St. Paulus hofje) dat is al mooi om van binnen te zien. Wij hadden zelfs een spontane rondleiding waarin meer verteld werd over de geschiedenis van het Hofje e.d. Achter ieder item zit wel een verhaal. Je stapt echt even terug in de tijd. Het eerste deel op de bovenverdieping bijvoorbeeld lijkt op een oude speelzolder (geweldig!). Ook het deel van de GGZ was erg interessant. Als je wilt kun je zelf je eigen inktvlek maken in het gedeelte waar informatie over de Rorschachtest wordt gegeven. Je kan er ook gezellig wat koffie of thee drinken. Al met al zeker de moeite waard om te bezoeken! Wij hebben ons goed vermaakt. Een leuke aanvulling op een dagje...