Historic houses in Delft

The Paul Tétar van Elven museum Is housed in a 16th century canal house. The house was inhabited by the Dutch painter, collector and teacher Paul Tetar van Elven in the period from 1864 to 1894. The property still has the well-preserved 19th century authentic interior, including Delft pottery, orien

The Diagoon Houses in Delft are eight experimental homes located in the Buitenhof neighbourhood. They were designed (1968-1971) by architect Herman Hertzberger (1932) and are so exceptional because they are considered to be the most structuralist homes that have been built up to now and are still fu

Discover the extraordinary home of Lambert van Meerten. This successful industrialist was an enthusiastic collector of old building fragments, furniture, and Delftware. His collection grew to such an extent that he had a house built especially for it. Also today some of Lambert's extraordinary col