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Parking with a discount for your visit to SCHUNCK
30 Apr 2026
Visiting SCHUNCK? Then you can park at a 20% discount at De Putgraaf parking garage.
Explore the museum together with the Museum Bag activity booklet
22 Apr 2026
What if the museum turns out to be the best part of the day? At SCHUNCK, children go on a mission, ask questions, and...
Passaasj Parkstad opens: 100 artists on the meaning of home
20 Apr 2026
On Sunday 19 April 2026, the exhibition Passaasj Parkstad was officially opened at SCHUNCK Glaspaleis. One hundred...
Donation of Angel at Liduina by Aad de Haas
14 Apr 2026
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and SCHUNCK in Heerlen have jointly received the work Angel at Liduina by artist Aad de Haas...
100 artists
10 Apr 2026
From 21 April 2026, the first edition of Passaasj Parkstad is open to visitors.
SCHUNCK presents the first major Dutch overview of Ina van Zyl
2 Apr 2026
From 16 June 2026, SCHUNCK in Heerlen presents the first major museum survey in the Netherlands of painter Ina van Zyl...
Art piece of the month: April
2 Apr 2026
Each month we select a work from the (DSM) collection that inspires, fascinates, or otherwise engages us. For the month...
Last week: register for the Parkstad Limburg Prize 2026 and workshop at SCHUNCK
25 Mar 2026
Visual artists from Dutch and Belgian Limburg have until 31 March 2026 to register for the Parkstad Limburg Prize 2026...
Art piece of the month: March
2 Mar 2026
Each month, we select a work from the (DSM) collection that inspires us, intrigues us or resonates with us in another...
Closed: Registration for Passaasj Parkstad 2026
21 Feb 2026
Registration for Passaasj Parkstad has been closed since 21 February 2026.
Euregional Architecture Prize: exhibition in Düsseldorf
12 Feb 2026
The results of the 35th edition of the Euregional Architecture Prize (EAP) were recently presented in an exhibition at...
Final weeks of Rooted in Change
12 Feb 2026
The exhibition Rooted in Change is on view at SCHUNCK Museum in Heerlen until 1 March. This is your last chance to...
Art piece of the month: February
2 Feb 2026
Every month, we select a work from the (DSM) collection that inspires us, intrigues us, or engages us in a particular...
Announcement of the selection committee – Passaasj Parkstad 2026
1 Feb 2026
Artists and designers can submit their work on the theme of “home” for the new Passaasj Parkstad exhibition...
Driver’s Seat leads tours during the Vista KTM evening
26 Jan 2026
Be guided by young art viewers who choose their own route. During ECHØ, the young people of Driver’s Seat...
Registration open: SCHUNCK Museum is looking for artists
20 Jan 2026
Your artwork or design in the museum?In 2026, SCHUNCK Museum (formerly Stadsgalerij) celebrates forty years since it...
Art piece of the month: January
5 Jan 2026
Each month we select a work from the (DSM) collection that inspires us, intrigues us, or resonates in some other way....
Jonathan Widdershoven on Coal traces: seeing, listening, and connecting
24 Dec 2025
For Coal traces: Clouds over Sawahlunto, part of Rooted in Change, photographer Jonathan Widdershoven traveled...
The story behind Coal Traces
23 Dec 2025
Want to learn more about the personal and historical layers behind Coal traces: Clouds over Sawahlunto? Read the...
New architecture presentation: Modernism in Motion
16 Dec 2025
From 16 November 2025, the new semi-permanent presentation Modernism in Motion – From Glaspaleis to Parkstad can...
Museum Minute: Rooted in Change
16 Dec 2025
MuseumTV visited SCHUNCK to capture Rooted in Change: DSM art collection from meeting room to museum. In a brief Museum...
Shilo Lousberg on Rooted in Change: “Art helps me feel freer”
15 Dec 2025
For the Rooted in Change magazine, SCHUNCK spoke with Shilo Lousberg, also known as drag performer Miss Electra Shock....
New bagel boss in the Glaspaleis
4 Dec 2025
When you step into the Glaspaleis, Bagels & Beans feels almost like a natural part of SCHUNCK. Coming from the...
Mining heritage that connects generations
27 Nov 2025
A forgotten box of family papers leads Jop Vermeesch to a hidden mining past stretching from Heerlen to Sawahlunto in...