Persmuseum

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The Nederlands Persmuseum ( German  press museum ) in the Amsterdam-Oost district of Amsterdam is a national museum for the Dutch press and offers an overview of the 400-year history of the print media. The museum has, among other things, an extensive archive , a large collection of new and antiquarian books and brochures in the library .

history

The Dutch journalist and magazine editor DA van Waalwijk was a collector of newspapers and magazines. At an auction in 1902 he acquired a large number of daily and weekly newspapers. This laid the foundation for a press museum. The opening took place in 1902. In a circular from 1903, van Waalwijk gave the name Nederlandsche Pers-museum ("Dutch Press Museum"). Until 1914 the museum was housed in the Concordia building in Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 345 and served only as an archive. In the same year it moved to the former school Agnietenschool . On November 4, 1915, an initiative to set up the Stichting Het Nederlandsch Persmuseum ("Foundation of the Dutch Press Museum") was founded.

In 1924 the museum found new accommodation in the Typographic Museum Amsterdam in Da Costakade. The museum was closed during the Second World War and reopened on May 2, 1946. After the war it had to move three more times, to Keizersgracht No. 604, then to Oude Turfmarkt No. 151, then to Oude Hoogstraat No. 24. For many years the Persmuseum was dependent on private financial support, among other things. In 1988 it received an annual subsidy from the “Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur” (for example: Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Culture ) . This ensured the existence of the museum. Since 2001 the Persmuseum has been located in the building of the International Institute for Social History (IISG). Since then, the museum has had an air-conditioned magazine , a study room, photo and copy facilities, a restoration department, a library and a museum shop. There are rooms where meetings can take place and a large function room.

International Institute for Social History (IISG). At the back of the building is the entrance to the Persmuseum

In 2001 Willem-Alexander von Oranien-Nassau opened the “new museum” in the IISG building. To mark the tenth anniversary of the Persmuseum, a jubilee event on the subject of 400 years of the Dutch press took place in 2001 . The focus was on the subjects of freedom of the press, mass media, censorship, propaganda and democracy.

The museum has a large collection of newspapers and magazines from the 17th and 18th centuries, each copy or title having its own dossier . This is where, for example, the first issues, anniversary numbers or issues with a new layout are kept. There is also an extensive archive with the biographies of around 5,000 Dutch journalists.

In cooperation with the ISSG, the NIOD , the University Library of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Katholiek Documentatiecentrum ("Catholic Documentation Center", KDC), a collection of journals from the period from 1896 to 1949 with a total of 15,238 pages was put together. It includes De Journalist (1896–1941), De Katholieke Pers (1915–1940) and De Nederlandsche Journalist (1941–1944).

In 2011, an exhibition on “secretly taken photos” was shown under the title No Pictures . Among other things, an SS man on the way to the Auschwitz trial ; Defendants harassing a photographer in an American courtroom and Prinses Juliana , who goes for a walk with a friend and covers her face in order not to be recognized.

The museum organizes three to four special exhibitions a year. It offers workshops for children, schoolchildren and adults . For children between eight and twelve years of age there is the possibility of celebrating their birthday in the Persmuseum with a festive reception and workshops of their choice. The number of birthday participants is limited to 15 people.

Transport links

The Amsterdam trams (Tramlijn, Tram) No. 7 to Molukkenstraat, No. 10 to van Eesterenlaan and No. 14 to Javaplein (as of February 2013). From the respective stops, the walk to the Persmuseum is around five to 10 minutes. The Persmuseum is located at the back of the IISG with its own main entrance at No. 110 Zeeburgerkade.

archive

  • In the IISG archive. About the history of the Persmuseum .
  • Small archive in the IISG.

literature

  • Susanne Gabriëls: Lijst van publikaties printed in the period before 1800, excellent in het Nederlands Persmuseum . Uitgeverij Stichting Het Nederlands Persmuseum. Amsterdam 1992. ISBN 90-73735-04-1
  • Stef Severt: Overzicht van de archieven van het Nederlands Persmuseum. Uitgeverij Stichting Het Nederlands Persmuseum, Amsterdam 1996. ISBN 90-73735-05-X
  • Mariette Wolf: Het Nederlands Persmuseum. Liefdewerk oud paper. Uitgever Stichting Nederlands Persmuseum, 1992. ISBN 90-73735-03-3
  • EJ Brill: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde. Leiden 1958. p. 49

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Mobiele Museumgids . Information about the Persmuseum. Dutch, accessed February 14, 201
  2. See on this: EJ Brill: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde. Leiden 1958. p. 49
  3. Het Persmuseum, 2001-2011 . Anniversary event for the 10th anniversary of the Persmuseum in the ISSG. Dutch, accessed February 14, 2013
  4. Biographies of Journalists ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 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. . Dutch, accessed February 14, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.persmuseum.nl
  5. See the Trouw newspaper of March 21, 2011. Stiekem took photos in het Persmuseum
  6. Archive in the IISG. 1939 to 2005 . Brief information about the history of the Persmuseum. In the IISG archive
  7. ^ Archive in the ISSG. 1855 to 2011

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 9 ″  N , 4 ° 56 ′ 23.4 ″  E