Museum of Bags and Purses

Museum of Bags and Purses
Tassenmuseum Amsterdam
Museum of Bags and Purses, Herengracht, Amsterdam
Museum of Bags and Purses is located in Amsterdam
Museum of Bags and Purses
Location within the city center of Amsterdam
Former name
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
Established1996; current location 2007
DissolvedApril 2020
LocationHerengracht 573
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′57″N 4°53′48″E / 52.365938°N 4.896782°E / 52.365938; 4.896782
TypeFashion Museum
Key holdingsMargaret Thatcher's handbag, early pieces from Hermès, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton, pieces owned by celebrities including Madonna and Elizabeth Taylor
CollectionsHandbags and accessories
Collection size5,000 bags
Visitors85.084 (2014)[1]
FounderSigrid Ivo
DirectorManon Schaap
CuratorLeonie Sterenborg
Public transit accessRembrandtplein Tramhalte
Websitetassenmuseum.nl/en/
Stained-glass ceiling featuring objects from the collection.

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.

Museum of Bags and Purses, garden.

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. ^ [1], Toeristiche Barometer, 2015. Retrieved on 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Yucel, Suzan. "Handbag museum feeds female obsession", Reuters, August 31, 2007. Accessed August 24, 2008.
  4. ^ "Bagging it", The Age, November 8, 2007. Accessed August 24, 2008.
  5. ^ 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.