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There are several museums in Enschede, among them the Rijksmuseum Twenthe for art.

A museum of natural history and a museum dedicated to the history of the textiles industry, both closed in January 2007, have merged, and have reopened in April 2008 in new premises on a new location under the name TwentseWelle ( Source / Well of Twente ).

The new location is situated in Roombeek, where a fireworks disaster took place in 2000.

The new museum is located partly in a renovated old textile factory, in reference to Enschede's textile history, and partly in an adjourning new building, designed by the Amsterdam-based firm SeARCH ( project architect: Bjarne Mastenbroek ).