[2] The Vleeshal was built in the years 1602 to 1605 and was originally a ‘meat hall’ where butchers sold their goods.
The Renaissance forms include pilasters, rustication, Tuscan (interior) pillars, scrollwork (above the cellar entrances) and obelisks.
Sample prints by Hans Vredeman de Vries from Antwerp provided a source of inspiration for this.
The Verweyhal was built in the 19th century as a home for the Haarlem gentlemen's society Trou moet Blycken.
It became a modern art exhibition hall in 1992 when the Kees Verwey Foundation renovated it and gave the artist's oeuvre to the Frans Hals Museum.
Entrance to the museum through the middle house between the Vleeshal and Verweyhal.
View from the Spekstraat, or
Bacon-street
. The entrance is on the other side.
Entrance to the museum
Verwey hall from the Grote Houtstraat looking north. The street level is in use by shops and a restaurant, and the upper levels are accessible from the entrance near the Vleeshal. Along the top of the facade are the words "Modern Art" and the more famous names in Haarlem
Modern art
as of 1992, when local artist
Kees Verwey
financed the renovation of the old hall to house his collection.
Israëls
,
Kruyder
,
Sluyters
,
Van Looy
,
Andriessen
,
De Kat
and
Gestel
.
