The Municipal Museum of Leiden is a museum of typical Dutch urban culture from the 16th century to the present. Since 1874 it has been housed in the Lakenhal, the former cloth makers' hall built in 1640 by Arent van 's Gravensande with a collection devoted to the art and history of the city of Leiden from the Middle Ages up to present day. Masterpieces by Lucas van Leiden, Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Floris Verster, Theo van Doesburg and many other give an overall view of the history of arts in the Netherlands.
