Anna Maria van Schurman Cup
Goblet with lid, engraved by Anna Maria. Inscription: “Welcoming to friends”
Dissertation Anna Maria van Schurman
Dissertation on the suitability of the female mind for science and literature (Anna Maria van Schurman, 1641)
Poem Anna Maria van Schurman
Poem: Oh Utrecht, dear city, how hard it is to forget you Should my days with you never become worn out Ten times a day, I will praise thee city Which is soo beyond my judgment Because when my weary self thinks about lost souls I will say them farewell for whose purpose they fell […]
W.C. Röntgen founder of the x-ray
Discoverer of X-rays W.C. lived in this house from 1863 to 1865. Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep (Remscheid). He grew up in Apeldoorn. In the city of Utrecht he followed a higher technical education and then lived in this house with the chemist Dr. J.W. […]
fire extinguisher house
extinguisher house This fire extinguisher house of the voluntary fire brigade dates from around 1860. In the time when there was no motorized transport, it was considered important to spread the apparel needed to extinguish fire throughout the city, so that they could be deployed quickly in the event of a fire. This is one […]
The commune of Leeuwenbergh
Leeuwenbergh was hoisted onto this place Ms. Joffer av Agnes van Leeuwenbergh cheprse and in the year 1794 Transformed into Military Barracks [second gable stone illegible] This building was used from 1930-2004 as a church by the Leeuwenbergh community in which the Utrecht department collaborated with the Association of Liberal Reformed in the Netherlands and […]
Chambers of Jan van Campen
Rooms by Jan van Campen In 1574, Jan van Campen renovated his house, giving rise to four large and nine small rooms attached to the Leeuwenbergh guest house. The nine rooms still exist. In 1645, when the Nieuwe Kamp was built, part of it was demolished and replaced, of which one house still exists. The […]
Metelerkamp Foundation
Metelerkamp Foundation Far into the 19th century, wealthy people built homes for the poor. In 1844 Miss P.P.J. Metelerkamp ordered five houses with two rooms. However, three of these (in the alley) were occupied by multiple families, bringing the actual number of homes to 8. These double-occupied houses were therefore real ‘chambers’. The distribution of […]
Malie gate and House Lepelenburg
Maliepoort and Huis Lepelenburg Original from the Utrecht archive Dirk van der Burg The inside of the Maliepoort and the Lepelenburg house, 1770 Donated by “Centre Utrecht” Association of independent entrepreneurs in the city center
Brunten court
Bruntenhof Fifteen apartments built in 1621 by Frederik Brunt on the site of the medieval Klein Lepelenburg. At number 5 is the main building with a monumental gate. Between 1979 and 1981 the complex was restored.