The Frederic Center for Masonic Culture ( Dutch: Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum Prins Frederik ) is under the patronage of the Great East of the Netherlands . It opened in 1995 in The Hague and consists of a museum, library and archives of the Order Conservatory [1] .
| Cultural Center | |
| Prince Frederick Masonic Culture Center | |
|---|---|
| niderl. Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum Prins Frederik | |
 building's facade | |
| A country |  Netherlands |
| city | Hague |
| Order affiliation | Freemasonry |
| Architectural style | modern |
| First mention | 1995 year |
| condition | good |
| Site | |
The Masonic Culture Center is named after Prince Frederick of the Netherlands , brother of Willem II of the Netherlands, who was also a Freemason. Prince Frederick was a great master of the Great East of the Netherlands from 1816 to 1881 [2] .
Content
Museum
The museum exposition covers over a 250-year period of the history of Freemasonry in the Netherlands . It contains many decorated characters, prints, paintings, books and manuscripts . This Dutch museum is one of the main sources for the study of Freemasonry worldwide [2] .
Library
The library includes more than 40,000 documents, magazines, textbooks, encyclopedias, manuscripts and rare books on Freemasonry, as well as the largest collection of anti-Masonic works in the world [3] . It also contains Masonic archives compiled by Dr. Georg Kloss (1787-1854) by a German physician and freemason, author of the first bibliography of Freemasonry (1844), the History of Freemasonry in England, Scotland and Ireland (1848), and the History of Freemasonry in France (1853). The library stores many copies of the rituals of its time and collected many manuscripts and copies of all Masonic movements, in particular, the rituals of the Revised Scottish Charter and the rituals of the Foresters, Carbonarius and other movements [2] [4] .
An electronic catalog in 4 languages now gives you the opportunity to access all these documents [1] .
Archive
The Masonic Culture Center contains archives of most of the lodges of the Great East of the Netherlands, beginning in 1756 [5] .
Gallery
Prince Frederick Masonic Culture Center
Center exposition
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
Bookplate of George Kloss
Engraving - Initiation into the Apprentice (1745)
Bibliography
- Runia, E. et al. (1999). Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum 'Prins Frederik': hoogtepunten uit de collectie. Amsterdam: Nederlandse Museumvereniging. ISBN 90-70225-15-8
- Van de Sande, A. en Rosendaal, J. (1995). Een stille leerschool van deugd en goede zeden: vrijmetselarij in Nederland in de 18e en 19e eeuw. Hilversum: Verloren.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Runia, E. et al. (1999). Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum 'Prins Frederik': hoogtepunten uit de collectie. Amsterdam: Nederlandse Museumvereniging. ISBN 90-70225-15-8
- ↑ 1 2 3 Home
- ↑ Een Stille leerschool van deugd en ... - JGMM Rosendaal - Google Boeken
- ↑ Van de Sande, A. en Rosendaal, J. (1995). Een stille leerschool van deugd en goede zeden: vrijmetselarij in Nederland in de 18e en 19e eeuw. Hilversum: Verloren.
- ↑ Structuur van de Orde