Drents Museum
The Drents Museum (officially Dutch Provinciaal Museum van Drenthe ) is an art and cultural history museum in Assen , in the Dutch province of Drenthe . The museum was founded in 1885 and is located in the former administrative building of the province of Drenthe. In 2011 an extension was inaugurated.
collection
The museum has a large permanent exhibition on the prehistory and early history of the province of Drenthe. Archaeological finds of the funnel cup culture are on display , with the Pesse dugout canoe one of the oldest boats, as well as some bog bodies such as the girl from Yde and the men from Weerdinge . In addition, the museum shows changing special exhibitions, often of international importance.
The art history collection houses one of the most important collections on Nordic realism in the Netherlands. Works by Henk Helmantel, Matthijs Röling, Sam Drukker , Douwe Elias, Barend Blankert, Alfred Hafkenscheid, Eddy Roos and Berend Green will be shown. The Dutch arts and crafts collection from 1885 to 1935 includes works by Chris Lebeau, Vincent van Gogh , January Eisenloeffel , Jan Toorop , Jan Sluijters and Ids Wiersma . In addition, the museum shows the living culture of an upper-class family from the founding years of the museum.
Special exhibitions
From February 2 to August 31, 2008 the special exhibition Go China! Assen - Groningen Drenthe shown with the Terracotta Army as central exhibits. With 353,000 visitors, this special exhibition was the most successful exhibition in the northern Netherlands. In addition, the museum has shown Chinese contemporary art with a focus on installations and photography since 2000. This exhibition attracted almost 500,000 visitors at the two locations in Assen and Groningen . In 2014 the museum displayed some of the Dead Sea Scrolls .
Web links
- Official website (Dutch, German, English)
- Literature from and about Drents Museum in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Go China! Assen - Groningen ( Memento from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 36 ″ N , 6 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ E