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Frans Hals Museum

The Frans Hals Museum is Haarlem’s museum of fine art, with a collection of international quality and anchored in the local community. We curate and exhibit the art of Haarlem, for its residents and visitors, for now and for the future. Our museum is named after Frans Hals, in his own day an innovator with a special attention to people. That is the foundation on which we continue to build.

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