The Museum is home to vast holdings of Dutch ceramics, including tiles, Delft earthenware, and porcelain ranging in date from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. With designs demonstrating a strong connection to the times and circumstances under which they were produced, these works of art are displayed in public spaces where visitors can enjoy seeing them as they make their way through the Museum.

	Highlights from the Collections
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Many of the wall tiles on view, though produced in the Netherlands, were used to decorate home interiors throughout the world. Favorite motifs include scenes of Dutch life and patriotism, as well as animals and sea creatures, biblical scenes, and floral designs.

The collections also feature fine examples of Delft earthenware, which take their name from the city in which they were created, as well as porcelain objects that, with exquisite enamel and gilt ornamentation, were as prized for their beauty as for their practicality.