The Dordrechts Museum sits in a former hospital building on Museumstraat, a short walk south of the Grote Kerk. The permanent collection focuses on painters from Dordrecht and the surrounding region, with a particularly strong holding of Aelbert Cuyp — his glowing skies and grazing cattle made him one of the most influential Dutch landscape painters and a favourite of 18th-century English collectors. Jan van Goyen, Nicolaes Maes (a pupil of Rembrandt) and Ary Scheffer all have rooms too.
The museum is generous in scale for a small city: alongside the historic collection there is a serious 19th-century gallery and a programme of changing exhibitions of contemporary art. The garden cafe in the inner courtyard is a calm spot for lunch. Allow two hours; combined tickets are available with the Hof van Nederland and Huis van Gijn.