Museum De Pont
Museum De Pont is a contemporary art museum in Tilburg .
The museum is named after the businessman and lawyer Jan de Pont (1915–1987), from whose estate the De Pont Foundation was established in 1988 . The aim of the foundation is to promote contemporary art.
The former Thomas de Beer wool spinning mill was converted into a bright museum by the Amsterdam architects Benthem Crouwel . The 6000 m² room is divided by 3.65 m high walls without losing the original character of the building. The opening took place in 1992. The director of the museum is Hendrik Driessen.
The museum displays a collection of contemporary art and photographs.
Contemporary art collection
Web links
Commons : De Pont - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ De Pont website ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 19, 2015 (English / Dutch)
- ^ Benthem Crouwel De Pont Museum, Tilburg, accessed on February 19, 2015 (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '2.6 " N , 5 ° 4' 30.1" E