A mysterious, compelling and emotional rollercoaster created by artist, style icon and world-famous pop star David Bowie. In December 2015, the terminally ill Bowie had the premiere of his last masterpiece Lazarus, about a month later he died.
Finally, a permanent home has been found for the stubborn children of Annie M.G. Schmidt. On the 25th anniversary of the Children's Book Museum, there is a new permanent interactive exhibition about the queen of Dutch children's literature.
From December 13, the Royal Room is open in Museum Speelklok, with a majestic presentation and beautiful self-playing musical instruments. These masterpieces of Museum Speelklok, including the famous Clay clock, tell the story of the self-playing music of the richest and most powerful in a dignified way.
From October 20, 2019 to March 1, 2020, House of the book will be presenting the exhibition Bad books ?. The exhibition is about books that are no longer possible due to a changed zeitgeist and advancing insight.
When you say Belgium, you immediately think of chocolate, Belgian chocolate is world famous. The largest Belgian chocolate museum can now be visited in Antwerp; Chocolate Nation. The Chocolate Nation experience museum is open to visitors since January 2019 and has already welcomed the 50,000th visitor after 5 months. The experience museum of over 4,000 square meters is completely dedicated to Belgian chocolate.
The largest maps in the entire world can be found in the floor of the Citizens’ Hall, in the heart of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. The three maps of the world and the night sky each measure an astonishing 624 centimetres in diameter. They are an essential part of the design conceived by the architect Jacob van Campen for this building: his entire concept was based on creating the impressive town hall as a miniature universe.
Afgelopen vrijdag opende Minister van Defensie Ank Bijleveld in het Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) in Soest de historische expositie ‘Als de Russen komen’, een expositie over Nederland en de Koude Oorlog. Door middel van een audiovisuele reis langs objecten uit binnen- en buitenland wordt de dreiging van de Koude Oorlog opgeroepen. Een gedetailleerde Poolse stafkaart uit 1970 , waarop de inval van West-Europa werd uitgetekend, toont aan dat het menens was.
From July 20 to September 15, 2019 in the Mauritshuis, families and children aged 3 to 11 discover the most famous painter of the Golden Age: Rembrandt. In the interactive exhibition; Hello Rembrandt! Young and old learn more about the famous painter.
Fashion and identity, past and present - From April 18 to September 8, 2019, the Amsterdam Museum presents Fashion Statements, an exhibition about fashion and identity from the past and the present.
De nieuwe tentoonstelling in het Scheepvaartmuseum Cartografie & Curiosa laat zien hoe vanuit Amsterdam de wijdere wereld werd ontdekt, én hoe de wereld vanaf de Gouden Eeuw naar Amsterdam kwam. De presentatie bevat kaarten van Amsterdamse kaartenmakers uit de topcollectie cartografie van Het Scheepvaartmuseum. Deze tentoonstelling laat zien hoe onze Amsterdamse voorouders in de Nederlandse Gouden Eeuw hun weg vonden op zee en hoe hun reizen het wereldbeeld bepaalden. De bezoeker gaat aan de hand van de eeuwenoude kaarten zelf op reis naar de locaties die de Nederlandse geschiedenis vormden: Zuid-Afrika, Indonesië, Japan, Australië en Brazilië.