Museum about history of Alkmaar. It has an extensive collection of paintings of the 'Bergen School'.
Alkmaar was the first city in Holland to successfully stand up against the Spanish occupiers. Each year on October 8 this fact is still celebrated, and this museum tells about this part of history.
The museum has a cafe and museum shop that can be entered separately from the museum itself.
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
Dirck van Oss, dyke builder of the Beemster