Ceramics and glass
Museum Goedewaagen, formerly the Keramisch Museum Goedewaagen, works with a broader scope in which glass has a place alongside ceramics. That suits its surroundings: the museum lies in the Drenthe–Groningen Veenkoloniën, where glass was produced on a large scale from 1838 to 2020. The glassworks of Nieuw-Buinen were part of the Verenigde Nederlandse Glasfabrieken (United Dutch Glassworks).
Exchange with Leerdam
The museum documents avant-garde ceramicists who supplied designs to the glass industry in Leerdam. Conversely, Leerdam glass artists created designs for the ceramics factories of Gouda and Nieuw-Buinen. You can see how closely the worlds of ceramics and glass were intertwined.
A collection of Dutch pottery
The Stichting Museum Goedewaagen has a collection of around 4,000 pieces of pottery, from decorative ware to tableware, from single tiles to tile panels and from Gouda clay pipes to a miniature house. Some 2,000 objects are now on display in ten rooms, together telling the story of Dutch pottery production from 1880 onwards. Allow around an hour and a half for a visit. Since its foundation in 1989, the museum has researched decorated Dutch pottery made after 1873.
Painting it yourself
On the first Saturday afternoon of each month there is a painting workshop (13:30–16:30), provided at least five people take part; register by email at least a week in advance. Groups can also request a workshop on a weekday. On Wednesday afternoons a volunteer demonstrates painting on earthenware tiles.
Before you go
Arrange workshops in advance. Check the weekly schedule, public holidays and the longer Christmas holiday closure.
Sources
Name, scope and the exchange with Leerdam supplied by the museum on 1 October 2026; other information checked on museumgoedewaagen.nl on 5 October 2026.