 The south side of the museum in 2017 | |
  Location within Rotterdam in the Netherlands | |
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| Established | 3 July 1849[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Museumpark 18–20 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 51°54′51.059″N 4°28′23.088″E / 51.91418306°N 4.47308000°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 270,000 (2015 est.)[2] |
| Director | Sjarel Ex |
| Website | www |
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm ˈbɔimɑns fɑn ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)])[a] 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.[3] 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[4] and ‘A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee’ by Jacob van Ruisdael.[5]
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.[6]
The museum has been closed since mid-2019. In 2024, the council of Rotterdam agreed to ambitious renovation costing 359m Euros. The museum is finally scheduled to reopen in 2030.[7]
- ^ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Retrieved on 5 August 2014. (in Dutch)
- ^ "Ook 2015 weer een goed jaar voor musea", NOS, 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016. (in Dutch)
- ^ "Transit Boijmans Van Beuningen". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ Vail, Kathleen (2018-05-15). "The Life of Achilles — Epic Tapestries by Peter Paul Rubens". Medium. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Jaarverslag Museum, 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Rotterdam city council approves €359 mil. renovation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | NL Times". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
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