January Benrnard van Heek

Career

January Bernard Van Heek donated his own private collection and the museum building to the government. This made it a national museum. The museum is still an important icon in the east of the Netherlands.

They lived together in their home Zonnebeek influenced by her family home back in the United States of America. He is buried at the Algemen Oosterbegraafplaats in Enschede.

Achievements

• Among his achievements was founding the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Netherlands.

Membership

January Benrnard van Heek was mostly known as a board member of Van Heek & Company as well as the before mentioned Rijksmuseum Twente to which he donated his art collection.