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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm ˈboːimɑns fɑm ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)]) is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located at the Museumpark in the district Rotterdam Centrum, close to the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.
The museum opened in 1849. Since its inception, the museum has become the home to over 151,000 artworks. In the collection, ranging from medieval to contemporary art, are works of Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí and specific masterpieces such as the ‘Achilles series’ by Peter Paul Rubens and ‘A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee’ by Jacob van Ruisdael.
In 2013, the museum had 292,711 visitors and was the 14th most visited museum in the Netherlands. In 2018, the last full year before its long-term closure, there were 284,000 visitors.
The museum has been closed since mid-2019. In 2024, the council of Rotterdam agreed to an ambitious renovation costing 359m Euros. The museum is finally scheduled to reopen in 2030.
The museum was established in 1849 as Museum Boijmans, housing the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847). After agreement between the Rotterdam Council and Boijmans, the Schielandshuis was bought by the Council to exhibit the Boijmans collections. The painter and art dealer, Arie Johannes Lamme, was named the museum's first director. Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a fire in 1864. The collection started to be rebuilt and with time the Schielandshuis became small to fit the growing number of artworks and visitors of Museum Boijmans. A new museum was therefore built in 1929 and opened in Museumpark in 1935. The building was designed by the city architect Adriaan van der Steur (1893-1953).
The collection of businessman Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955) was added in 1958, at which point the museum acquired the name Museum Boymans–Van Beuningen. The spelling was changed to 'Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen' in 1996. A representative of the Dutch Jewish community, Ronny Naftaniel, demanded - without success - the removal of Van Beuningen's name. It was alleged that acquisitions in Van Beuningen's collection has been illegally taken from Jewish owners during the period of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands.
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In April 1928, Rotterdam Council decided to support a new building for the collection. This would replace the too small building on the Schiedamsedijk. Within a few months the 35 year old Alexander Van der Steur would be commissioned to design the building, in cooperation with the museum director Dirk Hannema.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm ˈboːimɑns fɑm ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)]) is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located at the Museumpark in the district Rotterdam Centrum, close to the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.
The museum opened in 1849. Since its inception, the museum has become the home to over 151,000 artworks. In the collection, ranging from medieval to contemporary art, are works of Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí and specific masterpieces such as the ‘Achilles series’ by Peter Paul Rubens and ‘A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee’ by Jacob van Ruisdael.
In 2013, the museum had 292,711 visitors and was the 14th most visited museum in the Netherlands. In 2018, the last full year before its long-term closure, there were 284,000 visitors.
The museum has been closed since mid-2019. In 2024, the council of Rotterdam agreed to an ambitious renovation costing 359m Euros. The museum is finally scheduled to reopen in 2030.
The museum was established in 1849 as Museum Boijmans, housing the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847). After agreement between the Rotterdam Council and Boijmans, the Schielandshuis was bought by the Council to exhibit the Boijmans collections. The painter and art dealer, Arie Johannes Lamme, was named the museum's first director. Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a fire in 1864. The collection started to be rebuilt and with time the Schielandshuis became small to fit the growing number of artworks and visitors of Museum Boijmans. A new museum was therefore built in 1929 and opened in Museumpark in 1935. The building was designed by the city architect Adriaan van der Steur (1893-1953).
The collection of businessman Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955) was added in 1958, at which point the museum acquired the name Museum Boymans–Van Beuningen. The spelling was changed to 'Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen' in 1996. A representative of the Dutch Jewish community, Ronny Naftaniel, demanded - without success - the removal of Van Beuningen's name. It was alleged that acquisitions in Van Beuningen's collection has been illegally taken from Jewish owners during the period of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands.
Source:
In April 1928, Rotterdam Council decided to support a new building for the collection. This would replace the too small building on the Schiedamsedijk. Within a few months the 35 year old Alexander Van der Steur would be commissioned to design the building, in cooperation with the museum director Dirk Hannema.
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