We describe a new experimental setup for photoluminescence spectroscopy on van der Waals clusters. It consists of a molecular beam apparatus with a cluster beam installed behind a high intensity vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation beamline. Special emphasis was given to the design of a very intense cluster source which can also be used for the preparation of quantum clusters (He,H2). For the determination of the cluster size a time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer can be attached to the setup. In addition, an atomic cross jet is installed in the experimental chamber which can be used for mass separation or for doping of the clusters. The luminescence light can be recorded with several different detectors or spectrally analyzed with a secondary monochromator which is equipped with a position sensitive detector. The pulsed nature of synchrotron radiation provides the basis for time‐resolved measurements in the regime 100 ps–3 &mgr;s.