 The museum on the Verbindingskanaal | |
  Location in the province Groningen in the Netherlands | |
| Established | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Location | Museumeiland 1[1] Groningen, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 53°12′44″N 6°33′58″E / 53.21222°N 6.56611°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 213,000 (2017 est.)[2] |
| Director | Andreas Blühm[3] |
| Curator | Mark Wilson[4] |
| Public transit access | Groningen |
| Website | www |
The Groninger Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋər myˈzeːjʏm]) is an art museum in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The museum exhibits modern and contemporary art of local, national, and international artists.
The museum opened in 1874. The current post-modernist building consists of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and was completed in 1994.
Since 2008, it has had 173,000 to 292,000 visitors per year, the highest amount of any museum in the province of Groningen.
- ^ Contact, Groninger Museum. Retrieved on 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Prima jaar voor Drents en Gronings Museum" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 28 December 2017 (updated 29 December 2017). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Who is who Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Groninger Museum. Retrieved on 13 September 2013.
- ^ (in Dutch) Wie is wie?, Groninger Museum. Retrieved on 11 January 2014.