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Rotterdam Art City
In 2009 and 2010, ten top museums in the four major cities of the Netherlands will be focusing on Holland Art Cities. As a result of this cooperation, Holland Art Cities will be offering the highest concentration of art and cultural activities per square metre in the world. |
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Kunsthal Rotterdam
An exhibition hall that houses some 25 expositions annually. The Kunsthal displays culture in the broadest sense of the word: traditional art, new art, design, photography, from elitist to popular. The Kunsthal often experiments with themes that have never been used for an exhibition before. This approach produces a fascinating and widely varied repertoire. In total, the Kunsthal has 3300 m2 of exhibition space in a striking building, designed by Rem Koolhaas and a true work of art all on it... |
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The museum, founded in 1849, houses a rich, broad collection that can be generally grouped into four wings: Old Art, with masterpieces such as Breughel’s Tower of Babel. The collection of Prints and Drawings and the collection of Applied Arts and
Design with their international allure. And the Modern Art wing has an important collection of Surrealism, prominently featuring Margritte and Dali. The programme of exhibits changes periodically. |
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Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
The Maritime Museum Rotterdam has an important collection, dating back in part to 1852. That is the year that the Model Room for the Royal Dutch Yachting Club was created, at the urging of Prince Hendrik (1820-1879). This Model Room, originally open to members only, was the basis for a public municipal museum created in 1874. The collection comprises some half a million maritime objects, classified into ship models, paintings, prints and drawings, a cartographic collection of atlases, ship’s... |
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