Catharijneconvent Museum (Catherine Convent Museum), Utrecht

The Catharijneconvent Museum is the national museum of religious art. Located in the former Catharijneconvent, the museum was established in 1979. Its collection includes works of religious art of the Catholic Archbishopric of Utrecht, located in the convent until 1979. Its extensive amount of historical and art objects from the early Middle Ages to the present includes Protestant and Catholic art and information on their impact of on Dutch society. The collection includes bookbindings decorated with precious stones, richly-worked images, paintings, altarpieces, clothing and ecclesiastical objects in gold and silver. One of the highlights of its collection is ivory work from the early medieval Lebuinuskelk.