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.
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.
A bitter battle was waged for the liberation of Europe 75 years ago. The 'He or I' exhibition at the National Military Museum reflects on this battle. You experience this battle through the eyes of two soldiers: a Canadian and a German.
A special discovery has been made in the Tropenmuseum Junior. On floor minus 7 in the Suriname depot an unknown world has been discovered: the World behind Things. In this world a boat sails and objects talk. They tell about themselves and where they come from.
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.
For the renewed Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Kloosterboer has been able to develop and produce the entrance gallery in collaboration with Kossmann.dejong design agency. This entrance gallery with its sensational decor transports you through a range of landscapes, starting in the depths of the ocean and ending at the top of a mountain, almost as if suspended in mid-air. Along the way, you'll meet a wide variety of animal and plant life.
For the renewed Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Kloosterboer was responsible to develop and produce the death room in collaboration with the Kossmann.dejong design agency. The "maze of death" shows how death and life ultimately come together.
For the renewed Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Kloosterboer was responsible to develop and produce the gallery Dinosaur Era in collaboration with the English design agency Event. The immense, 12-meter height of the gallery shows off the size of the dinosaurs to their best advantage. Naturally, Trix takes center stage. Another highlight is Triceratops, a dinosaur species of which Naturalis has uncovered multiple specimens.
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'.
The Freedom Museum in Groesbeek has a completely new building. The museum is located under a Shaded Dome Dome directly next to the existing building. In the permanent exhibition of the Freedom Museum, visitors experience the fascinating Story of War and Freedom without Borders in both the Netherlands and Germany, Europe and beyond.
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