Museum de Fundatie

Museum de Fundatie
Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle in 2016
Museum de Fundatie is located in Overijssel
Museum de Fundatie
Museum location in Zwolle in the province Overijssel
Established1958[3]
LocationBlijmarkt 20, Zwolle[1]
't Nijenhuis 10, Heino/Wijhe[2]
Netherlands
Coordinates52°30′37″N 6°5′29″E / 52.51028°N 6.09139°E / 52.51028; 6.09139
TypeArt museum
Collection size7,000+ objects[4]
Visitors285,000 (2016)[5]
DirectorRalph Keuning[6]
CuratorKarin van Lieverloo[6]
Websitewww.museumdefundatie.nl

Museum de Fundatie (Dutch pronunciation: [myˌzeːjʏm fʏnˈdaː(t)si]) is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of visual arts, with works ranging from the end of the Middle Ages until the present day, collected by Dirk Hannema, former director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.[7] As well as the permanent collection, Museum de Fundatie organises new, wide-ranging exhibitions every three months. Museum de Fundatie recorded a record number of 310,000 visitors in 2015.

  1. ^ Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved on 7 July 2014.
  2. ^ Heino, Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved on 7 July 2014.
  3. ^ Peter van Mensch, Museums of the Netherlands, 1745–2012 Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Mensch Museological Consulting. Retrieved on 7 July 2014.
  4. ^ The Collection, Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved on 7 July 2014.
  5. ^ "285.000 bezoekers voor Fundatie in 2016" (in Dutch), Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Organization, Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved on 7 July 2014.
  7. ^ "In a Netherlands Museum Director, the Nazis Found an Ally". www.lootedart.com. New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-13.