page_title: Mol, Belgium
section_title: Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Mol, Belgium / Places of interest / Museum
caption_attribution_description: schilderij (http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033799), Jakob Smits (https://viaf.org/viaf/5087835), Jakob Smits Museum (https://viaf.org/viaf/172730427)
context_page_description: Mol is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. On January 1, 2014 Mol had a total population of 35,395 inhabitants. The total area is 114.19 km² which gives a population density of 307 inhabitants per km².
  Mol is a popular holiday resort, with many lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes:
  Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in 1959 and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers.
  Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mid-1990s an indoor swimming pool was created.
  Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called "Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool.
  The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including several windmills.
  In the north-east corner of Mol, near the Dutch border, lies the Norbertine Postel Abbey.
context_section_description: Jakob Smitsmuseum in Sluis. Smits was a central artist to the Molse School. The museum's collection contains mostly works of his alongside several other artists of the Molse School.
caption: Kempisch binnenhuis, painting by Jakob Smits, collection Jakob Smits Museum
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