De Hallen Haarlem Review

Beautiful museum in the old meat hall, changing exhibitions, and you have to love modern work.

Nice museum, beautiful local. Friendly and cordial people at reception and in guidance

The Hal of the Frans Hals Museum often has exhibitions of contemporary painters. This time they were Haarlem artists, many with an expressionist slant. Nice especially if you come from Haarlem, less interesting for people who are not Haarlem.

often good exhibitions but the visual element should come first ...

I found the building nicer than the art hanging in it was 16 euros intre was a lot

The museography is your well thought out, and the explanations via the audio guides are well done

I scanned my annual museum card for an app. I was only refused at this museum. Not a friendly staff and a strange arrangement. Don't go in, not worth your annoyance

Well worth a day trip from Amsterdam. Fabulous cathedral and farmer's market. Mozart played the organ in that cathedral as a child. Great museums and shops. Toured a windmill and learned much about them.

Beautiful museum with beautiful work, well-arranged and in a beautiful building.

Well worth the effort. Nicely set up. Buy the catalog: educational and only 7.50

A nice place in itself but not a full museum in itself.

French neck museum big market horrible sow
we could not read the Guide because the letters are too small.
tip; also have a number of large letter guides made for visually impaired people

This is by far one of the worst museums ever visited. Save yourself the trouble.

Modern artists show works that have similarities with those of Frans Hals.

The exhibition was not special. The building from outside is beautiful and the staff are very friendly.

Museum of Modern Art, with the ticket you can also visit the other Frans Hals Museum.

This part of the museum is not for children. We were done in 15 minutes here. Personally I did not fully understand the purpose of this museum, but I am not an art connoisseur either.

The exhibition was terribly disappointing. Nothing to

Although small, an excellent exhibition A global table. Amazing social sculpture Exchange values on the table. I was honoured to meet the artist Shelley Sacks whom explained the making of. The dialogue with visitors who where invited to sit around the table was interesting and enriching. I will make sure this social art work will travel to Belgium, preferably to Leuven.

An unappealing mix of modern art pieces in a mediocre environment. Seems mainly to attract elderly visitors.

It is a wonderful place outside the casino of the city of Amsterdam.

Nice building but the exhibition did not appeal to us

Beautifully located in this historic building the annex of the Frans Hals museum. Nice place on the big market in the heart of Haarlem. Visit is very worthwhile for young and old.

We unexpectedly arrived at the museum and visited the temporary exhibition of Lubaina Himid. We didn't find it special.

Fortunately, it was free, with the Museum card because if I had to pay for it, I would not have paid for paying entrance fees. It is small-scale, but this modern art did not appeal to me at all. My husband did find some drawings very beautiful. Tastes differ.

A delightful place to enjoy modern art. The works are well displayed in an informative manner.

Fun art, where they also make fun of the art world (July 2020)

Was there again in 15 minutes. Boring and little to see and experience.

Small scale art gallery, focusing on contemporary pieces of living artists from around the world.

It does not have much of Hals, although the building is very nice

Couple of nice paintings and nice building with nice rooms. The modern slant of art is not my thing.

Always nice to walk around in this great museum among the Haarlem artists from the 17th century. You cannot miss the annual "museum in bloom": a feast for the eyes and the nose.

This is a modern art exhibition that rotates its exhibitions. We saw the exhibition related to global food sources and, for a modern art gallery, it was quite interesting. Note that we got in for free as part of our ticket to the Frans Hals museum.

Empty halls with little things and junk that art should suggest. From that "You have to get on it" nonsense. Used cleaning cloths as art. Tsssssja ... nice spots but hears nothing about. We were 10 minutes away. Fortunately, with an annual card to the inside otherwise a waste of your money. Go to Teyler's museum if you are in Haarlem anyway.

Museum of Modern Art. The installations do not appeal to me

No painting by Frans Hals. A lot of work by other artists and random children.

Very beautiful paintings, nice location of old houses and meat hall transformed into a museum. Fresh young staff, large room downstairs and upstairs with a separate niche for relaxing and a 'hub' where you can 'participate', perform activities, fun.

Pros
+ Nice place for modern art
+ Exhibiting modern art here is better than in the Hof because it is easier to understand
+ Nice exhibition with work by Isaac Israels and Therese Schwartze (while ago)

Originally called the 'Vleeshal', Frans Hals has now returned in the name since 2018, although this other name is mainly inspired by organizational motives. The work of the 17th century master cannot be found here but on the Groot Heiligland. Within changing exhibitions of modern art. The rich decorations in the architectural style of the Northern Renaissance contrast 'quite well' with the presentations on Art as criticism

Modern art is quite special, in its old historic building you expect something different.

De Hallen. Beautiful authentic museum in beautiful building. Good information about the paintings. Reasonably accessible for wheelchairs. No restaurant.

Limited and not inspiring. Also the collections they showed don't go together at all.

Another surprising exhibition "can it also be beautiful?"
more interesting and varied than John Constable in Teylers

Nice museum in old surroundings, changing exhibitions.

Nice museum with pleasant atmosphere. You should not miss the intro video in the beginning! Very well done. Nice staff too.

Nice museum with a lovely courtyard for coffee and tranquility

The new part is recommended!
What a nice museum with friendly, fun employees!

Museum in a beautiful historic building that has been cleverly renovated. However, the quality of the art on offer is substandard and far too politically correct. Two points because it is a beautiful building.

Nice small museum in the old Haarlem fish market. The exhibit is a bit limited, but it is still nice nonetheless.

Modern art in the halls interesting exhibition about our own behavior. Museum itself in a different place. Audio tour is a must if you really want to learn something about the paintings. Too bad that all seats are gone because of corona.

This is the modern opposite pole of the Frans Hals Hof museum which is worthwhile and is located a little further away in nml Grootheiligland 62. If you have little visit time, skip the Hall and enter only the HOF.
The works that we liked the most here were the air conditioning
No, seriously, there are some nice pieces, but it's not worth it if you hope to work Frans Hals and meet those of his peers.

Since 1386, there was a meat hall on the corner of Spekstraat and Warmoesstraat where meat was sold by butchers (butchers) .Location Grote Markt 18, Haarlem
Orig. function market hall Current use of exhibition space
Construction completed 1603 Monument status National monument Architect Lieven de Key