The Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Netherlands, was founded in 1927 by textile industry Baron Jan Bernard Van Heek.

[1][citation needed] The museum is situated in the quarter of Roombeek, 10 minutes on foot north-east from the railway station.

The museum also owns a large collection of 17th century (Jacob van Ruisdael and Salomon van Ruysdael) and 18th-century works, medieval books and religious objects, and some paintings of late 19th century Impressionists.

In 2000, the Enschede fireworks disaster did extensive damage to the building, but the collection of art was completely unharmed.

From 2006 to 2008, the museum showed parts of the collection of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, especially art from the 18th century.