English*
*Looking forward to welcome you in our museum!
There are always several exhibitions on art and history in the museum. You can also stop by for a cup of coffee, buy a gift in our museum shop or get creative in the Atelier.
Exhibitions*
*What can you visit?
I Hit You With a Flower
23 November 2024 - 4 May 2025
From 23 November 2024 to 4 May 2025, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will be showcasing I Hit You With a Flower – sugar-coated art with a punch, an eye-catchingly sweet exhibition that celebrates diversity in society. It is also a tribute to ‘girly art’, a term that has often been used as a derogatory label but is now being reclaimed as a badge of honour. More than twenty Dutch and international artists will dazzle visitors with everything from pinks and pastels to vibrant colours, gold, glitter, flowers and other motifs.
Adya and Otto. Pioneers within the avant-garde
28 September 2024 - 2 March 2025
This autumn, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam presents Adya and Otto. Pioneers within the avant-garde, an exhibition about the extraordinary life and work of the artist couple Otto and Adya van Rees-Dutilh
Abstract art by women, then and now
28 September 2024 - 2 March 2025
The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam presents Abstract art by women, then and now, a special collection presentation of abstract art by four generations of female artists. The oldest generation is represented by Lou Loeber, born in 1894; the youngest by contemporary artists Machteld Rullens (1988) and Elsemarijn Bruys (1989), whose works were recently acquired for the collection.
Elsemarijn Bruys. Minimal Art on Acid
28 September 2024 - 2 March 2025
From 28 September, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will be presenting a new installation by Rotterdam-based artist Elsemarijn Bruys, created especially for our museum. The work, entitled Minimal Art on Acid, is an immersive experience that challenges your perspective and stimulates your senses.
Queer Horizons. Youth leading the way
11 October - 09 March 2025
On Friday 11 October, Coming-Out Day, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam is opening the exhibition Queer Horizons. Voices of a new generation in the Stadsgalerij. Through art and the participants’ stories, this exhibition explores the theme of queer identity. Together with artist Leon Stoffelen, ten young people from Schiedam and Rotterdam reflect on both Schiedam’s LGBTQA+ past and their own identities and futures.
Panorama Schiedam
From 14 May 2022
Did you know that Schiedam was founded by Aleida, a strong individual woman? And that the city keys for Emperor Napoleon are still in the city? In the new Panorama Schiedam you will see the very first house of the city, the windmills and the apartment buildings, and among other things you will get to know the horse of Kethel, which is over 2,000 years old.
Art in the stairwell
Always on display
Along the steps hang works by as many as ten different artists: Lily van der Stokker, Chaim van Luit, Susanne Khalil Yusef, Joana Schneider, Timo Demollin, Jennifer Tee, Femmy Otten, Zoro Feigl and Iriée Zamblé along with the duo Opperclaes.
Coming soon*
*To look forward to.
Daan van Golden. The Original
22 March - 14 September 2025
A chequered tea towel, a piece of wrapping paper, an image in a newspaper or a blurred photograph: for painter Daan van Golden (1936-2017), these were not meaningless images, but serious subjects for his art. With great concentration, he reproduced existing patterns or discovered beauty in the serendipitous moments he captured on camera. This makes Daan van Golden one of the most idiosyncratic artists the Netherlands has ever known.
Women of Schiedam
22 March - 14 September 2025
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam is celebrating 750 years of the power of women in the city with the exhibition Women of Schiedam. The story begins 750 years ago with Aleida van Holland, a powerful figure in a male-dominated world, who granted Schiedam its city rights. This marks the start of a rich history where women have shaped and sustained the city.
Morena Bamberger
24 May - 9 November 2025
Morena Bamberger (Roermond, 1994) is a young artist from Limburg who is hosting her first solo exhibition outside her home province. At the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Bamberger will present a new total installation in one of the attic spaces, exploring the transition between humans and matter.
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam X Opperclaes
24 May - 9 November 2025
From 24 May 2025, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will showcase large-scale, colourful and abstract art installations by a group of Dutch and international artists selected by the Rotterdam-based design duo Opperclaes. The exhibition offers a fresh, rich perspective on art created outside traditional institutions.
The roundness of loss
27 September 2025 - 1 March 2026
At some point in life, everyone faces loss. How can we keep a deceased loved one close to us? Curator and writer Hanne Hagenaars explored this question in her acclaimed 2023 book, ‘The Roundness of Loss’. Through artworks, Hagenaars examines the various ways in which someone can continue to live on after a loss. This poignant and inspiring group exhibition presents over sixty contemporary artworks by more than thirty Dutch and international artists, exploring themes of loss.
Isa van Lier
22 November 2025 - 10 May 2026
“My work has something of the lightness of a dream world,” says artist Isa van Lier (Amsterdam, 1996). Van Lier creates joyful, seemingly ‘light-hearted’ and almost ‘childlike’ ceramic sculptures, as well as paintings and drawings of dreamlike worlds, temples and creatures. Her art invites viewers to step into the meditative, dreamy inner world of the artist – offering a pleasant escape.
Maria Roosen – Solo
22 November 2025 - 3 May 2026
This exhibition by artist Maria Roosen offers an intimate look at her multifaceted work, where emotions, feelings and states of mind flow together like wet watercolour on paper or pigments in molten glass. The wide variety of forms and materials highlights how Roosen continually engages in dialogue with works in progress and their ever-changing environments, often embracing chance and following her intuition.
Plan your visit*
*Nice of you to drop by!
On this page you’ll find our opening hours, entry prices, and everything else you may need for an enjoyable visit to the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. You can buy a ticket online, or drop in when you’re nearby.
Open Tuesdays to Sundays, 11:00 to 17:00
Closed Mondays, except some public holidays
Address
Hoogstraat 112
3111 HL Schiedam
Everyone is welcome at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, and we want everyone to feel at home here. We also want our colleagues, building and exhibitions to be treated with respect. That is why general visitor conditions have been drawn up, so that everyone knows what is allowed and possible in the museum.
To make the museum accessible to all visitors – we have lifts, an accessible toilet, and a visitor wheelchair. You can read more about accessibility here.
Assistance dogs are welcome in the museum. A water bowl is available for other pets in the courtyard, where they can wait while their owners visit the museum.
Public holidays
The museum is open during public holidays except for New Year’s Day, King’s Day and Christmas Day.
Entrance fees
€ 15,50 | Full price
€ 6,00 | Schiedammers
€ 7,75 | CJP, MBO Cultuurkaart, Studentenkaart, Klik-vrijwilligerspas
€ 0,00 | Children/youth up to 18 years old, Museumkaart, Rotterdampas, VriendenLoterij VIP-KAART, ICOM-pas, Rembrandtpas, Huisvriend, Docentenpas, Companion of visitor with a disability
€ 13,00 | Groepstarief p.p. bij groepen vanaf 15 personen
If you have a discount card, please show it at the entrance, otherwise we can’t give you a discount. Without a card or pass you have to pay the full price.
Museum Cafe*
*Pay what you think it's worth.
The museum has a special café in its 18th-century chapel, with a sunny outdoor terrace. The buffet features mostly local products such as Vlaamsch Broodhuys bread and De Bonte Koe chocolate spread. Make your own sandwich, have some tea, coffee, or lemonade, and pay what you think it’s worth.
Museum shop*
*Card, crocodile or catalogue?
Looking for a nice gift, souvenir or gadget? Take a look round our museum shop, with books in all shapes and sizes for children and adults, beautiful and designer bags and much more.
Our range changes and is adapted to the exhibitions and season, but products from Schiedam and Rotterdam are always available.
Open
Just like the museum, the shop is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 17:00.
Payment
You can pay in the museum shop by debit card, mobile phone, or with cash.
Questions?
You can email Fleur at fleur@stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl or call 010 246 36 58.
Route*
*This is how you get to us.
Our address
Hoogstraat 112
3111 HL Schiedam
By public transport, bike or car?
Here’s some tips on how to get to us.
Public transport
Buses 51, 54 and 89, and trams 21 and 24 stop at the Koemarkt stop, a three-minute walk from the museum.
You can take a tram or walk directly from Schiedam Centraal train station, where there are regular trains including the five-minute Intercity from Rotterdam Centraal.
It’s a 20-minute walk from the station to the museum, past the beautiful Sint Janskerk, and the tree on the Grote Markt in which Carice van Houten sat as Poes Minoes in the film of the same name. A small detour will take you along the newly restored Lange Haven, the main artery of the historic centre.
Plan your journey easily with 9292.
Bike
It’s just a 20-minute cycle from Rotterdam Centraal, and there is bicycle parking on the street in front of the museum.
Car
Of course, nothing is too far with a car! There’s paid parking near the museum using a bank card or parking app, but spaces are limited. There are three different car parks a short walking distance from the museum. We recommend the first because the route to the museum takes you past some beautiful spots in the old city centre.
Westvest car park, entrance on Westvest
Open Monday to Sunday, all day
De Nieuwe Passage parking garage
Open Monday to Sunday, 7:00 to 22:00
ABC car park, entrance on Kreupelstraat
Open Monday to Saturday, 7:00 to 22:00 and Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00
The car park exit is open 24 hours a day