Museum Gouda will present a remarkable and relatively unknown story — a story about how the largest, most valuable, and most prestigious art objects of the seventeenh century in the Low Countries were produced in Gouda.

Between 1580 and 1620, Gouda rapidly transformed into one of the biggest tapestry-making centers in the Netherlands. The city welcomed hundreds of Protestant refugees fleeing the Catholic South. Many of these new Flemish residents had previously worked in the tapestry industry in Oudenaarde and resumed their artistic activities in Gouda.

Discover this extraordinary craft, the Flemish migrants who brought economic and artistic momentum, and the determined women who led the workshops. Towering tapestries from collections at home and abroad will fill the museum’s galleries, including the magnificent tapestry from the wedding hall of Gouda’s city hall.