Tassenmuseum Amsterdam | |
 Museum of Bags and Purses, Herengracht, Amsterdam | |
  Location within the city center of Amsterdam | |
Former name | Tassenmuseum Hendrikje |
|---|---|
| Established | 1996; current location 2007 |
| Dissolved | April 2020 |
| Location | Herengracht 573 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°21′57″N 4°53′48″E / 52.365938°N 4.896782°E |
| Type | Fashion Museum |
| Key holdings | Margaret Thatcher's handbag, early pieces from Hermès, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton, pieces owned by celebrities including Madonna and Elizabeth Taylor |
| Collections | Handbags and accessories |
| Collection size | 5,000 bags |
| Visitors | 85.084 (2014)[1] |
| Founder | Sigrid Ivo |
| Director | Manon Schaap |
| Curator | Leonie Sterenborg |
| Public transit access | Rembrandtplein Tramhalte |
| Website | tassenmuseum |
The Museum of Bags and Purses (Dutch: Tassenmuseum Amsterdam), was a museum devoted to the history of bags, purses, and their related accessories. Located in Amsterdam's historic central canal belt,[2] the museum's collection included over 5,000 items dating back to the sixteenth-century.
One of only three museums across the globe specialising in this field, it housed the world's largest collection of bags and purses.[3][4]
The Museum of Bags and Purses was the first cultural institution in the Netherlands to announce its permanent closure in April 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[5]
- ^ [1], Toeristiche Barometer, 2015. Retrieved on 6 October 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Shamim (10 July 2015). "Amsterdam • Venice of the North". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Yucel, Suzan. "Handbag museum feeds female obsession", Reuters, August 31, 2007. Accessed August 24, 2008.
- ^ "Bagging it", The Age, November 8, 2007. Accessed August 24, 2008.
- ^ Narinx, Cécile; Moorman, Mark (2020-04-30). "Het eerste slachtoffer in de culturele sector is een feit: het Tassenmuseum in Amsterdam sluit de deuren". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-06-17.