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At the corner of the Brink and Kloosterstraat is the ''Drostenhuis'' situated.
The Drostenhuis is built in 1774-1778 in the Louis XIV style at the place of the former house of the abbot of the monastery .

The Drostenhuis is the official residence of the Drost of the province Drenthe, the president of the provincial board. Later the same building stayed till 1940 the official residence of the following provincial governors, named the Governor of the King and later the Queens Commissionar.

Nowadays the Drostenhuis is part of the Drents Museum, like the most historical buildings at this side of the Brink.

Address: Kloosterstraat 1