Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam

The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is famous for its beautiful collection of old and contemporary art. The museum presents the work of many masters, including Breughel, Rubens, Rembrandt, Degas, Monet, Dalí, Picasso, Van Gogh, Appel and De Kooning. The museum also shows applied arts from the 14th century onwards, as well as contemporary design. The exhibition program of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is very varied. In addition to its permanent displays, the museum organizes alternating exhibitions, mainly of contemporary art. The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum is a lively centre of art and culture.

Journey through History of Art on display in Rotterdam

The museum takes you on a journey through the history of art, from the early middle ages through the 21st century, from Breughel’s ‘The Tower of Babel’ and Rembrandt’s ‘Titus’ to van Dalí’s 'Lippenbank'. The Boijmans Van Beuningen musuem shows top-class pieces and manages some 126,000 objects. The amazing temporary exhibitions, the sculpture garden and the beautiful 1930s architecture make for hours of viewing pleasure in Rotterdam.

Museum Boijmans: lively Centre of Art and Culture

This museum in Rotterdam devotes special attention to some of art history’s highlights. The focus with respect to paintings is on Rembrandt, Rubens, and the Surrealists. Top drawings by Dürer, Michelangelo, Fra Bartolommeo, Rubens, Piranesi, Boucher and Cézanne will be on display. In the presentation of implements, the Renaissance table culture and the abundant 17th-century bourgeoisie interiors, the modernistic design from the inter-bellum period and contemporary design appeal most to the imagination. Modern art started with Dutch Romanticism and ended with inter-bellum art. Highlights in this part of the circuit are French Impressionism and art on paper of circa 1900, with a special focus on the chimney piece by Dijsseldof that was acquired in 2007. Classic icons by Magritte, Dalí and Kokoschka are combined with recent acquisitions by Tanguy, Cornell and Beckmann. In addition to permanent presentations, the Rotterdam museum mounts spectacular changing exhibitions. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen is a dynamic center for art and culture.

History of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum

The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum opened in 1849. The 1934 building, designed by town architect Van der Steur, fits in with the classic typology of a museum building. The building’s stately appearance, the elegant tower and the dignified staircase clearly show visitors that they are entering a place of significance. A home in which art is protected, screened, guarded. The interior confirms this feeling. In 1972 the Boijmans museum was expanded for the first time, with a wing designed by architect Bodon. The Van Beuningen-De Vriese Pavilion by architect Hubert-Jan Henket followed in 1991. Robbrecht and Daem were responsible for the further expansion of the museum in Rotterdam in 2000-2001.

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