This year at the Holland Open Air Museum we are focusing on the theme ‘Meet Me’. Meetings with other people are a fundamental part of our existence.
Into D'mentia has developed a dementia simulator in which healthy people can experience what it feels like to live with dementia. In this specially developed simulator, healthy people experience confusion, uncertainty, disorientation and other feelings that people with dementia have every day. Experiencing dementia yourself creates more understanding of the disease, a better relationship and less burden of care.
In the past ten years, Museum of the canals has allowed visitors from all over the world to learn more about the history of Amsterdam and its canals.
In the southwest of the United Kingdom, a 300-hectare estate has been transformed into a beautifully landscaped country estate with a hotel, restaurants, cottages and gardens. Visitors are guided through different stages in the history of gardening. From a Victorian fragrance garden and greenhouse, a real cottage garden, to modern water gardens and impressive flower courts. The entire site is a glimpse into the past, mixed with contemporary design. Everything laid out in detail.
The Pirate Experience on Sint Maarten takes the visitors through the pirate wreck to experience the pirate story through various impressive spaces. The story comes to life through various interactives.
How do we present ourselves in the current visual culture? What do we show? What not? The spring exhibition In the Picture tells stories about identity and image, in 75 portraits. A portrait tells more than you initially think. How did Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Thérèse Schwartze and other artists present themselves in their portraits? Find out more in the exhibition 'In the Picture'.
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