3 November 2023 - 5 January 2025
Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Amsterdam

The Maritime Museum presents Food for Thought: a bird’s-eye view through the world of our food through the lens of photographer and filmmaker Kadir van Lohuizen. In this exhibition, Van Lohuizen uses photo and video to explore the origins of our food, and the role of the Netherlands and shipping in the food system.

23 February 2024 - 12 January 2025
Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Amsterdam

With the photography exhibition Rescuers at Sea, The Maritime Museum celebrates 200 years of the Royal Dutch Rescue Society (KNRM). The exhibition puts volunteers from the KNRM, the ‘Rescuers at Sea’, in the spotlight and shows who these people are.

7 July 2024 - 26 January 2025
Drents Museum – Assen

The Drents Museum will present the major archaeology exhibition Dacia – Empire of gold and silver. More than fifty gold and silver treasures from Romania from the 20th century BC to the 3rd century AD are coming to Assen. Most of them date from the period before the Roman conquest (106 AD). With Dacia, the […]

30 August 2024 - 26 January 2025
Allard Pierson – Amsterdam

The Hawaiian Kauai Oo has died out. The sound of the last male of this species of bird calling in vain to attract a female was captured on tape. This autumn you can hear this remarkable recording at the Allard Pierson in The call of the O’o: Nature under pressure. The main question addressed during […]

5 October 2024 - 2 February 2025
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

Rotterdam-based Aimée de Jongh is one of the greatest talents in the world of international comics. Her books have been translated in numerous languages and are read the world over. She has been nominated for, and received a number of very prestigious awards in Japan, the United States, France, and the Netherlands. By exploring themes […]

5 October 2024 - 9 February 2025
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

From October 5, 2024, Kunsthal Rotterdam will present the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by British artist Thomas J Price.

19 October 2024 - 2 March 2025
Mondriaanhuis – Amersfoort

Exhibition on the occasion of the publication of Erik de Graaf’s graphic novel of the same name. The graphic novelist honors the famous painter with a colorful story about the last eventful years of his life in Paris, London and New York.

26 October 2024 - 2 March 2025
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

Immerse yourself in the world of the Diva at the Kunsthal. The exhibition DIVA celebrates the unparalleled power and boundless female creativity of iconic performers who challenge the status quo with their bravado and ambition. Featuring over sixty looks and costume designs by world-famous designers – worn by the likes of Maria Callas, Josephine Baker, […]

28 September 2024 - 2 March 2025
Drents Museum – Assen

During the time of Hoogeveen artist and writer Albert Steenbergen (1814 – 1900), he was a very well-known Drenthe man. Despite his disability, which tied him to aids such as crutches and carts, he set out as a young boy to catch insects. He drew these with extreme precision. His talent was noticed and he […]

28 September 2024 - 2 March 2025
Drents Museum – Assen

Tree houses, cottages, mobile homes and vehicle cabins. You can shelter there from bad weather and are protected from attacks from outside. Mirjam Völker finds these kinds of places fascinating. They are central to her works of art. Only the structures she paints, builds and films almost fall apart from misery. They are often located […]

4 December 2024 - 16 March 2025
H’ART Museum – Amsterdam

Amsterdam is celebrating its birthday, and H’ART Museum is celebrating with a gift to the city: the brand-new exhibition Happy Birthday Amsterdam.

19 October 2024 - 23 March 2025
Dordrechts Museum – Dordrecht

Liberté! Ary Scheffer and French Romanticism tells the story of Dutch painter Ary Scheffer and his artistic battle for freedom and equality; the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789.

5 October 2024 - 6 April 2025
Drents Museum De Buitenplaats – Eelde

With masterpieces and surprising objects from the collection of the Drents Museum and a few excursions to the present, Drents Museum De Buitenplaats takes the visitor on a journey into the flower imagination from around 1900. The exhibition includes works by Chris Lebeau, Julie de Graag, Simon Moulijn, Johanna van Eijbergen, Carel Adolphe Lion Cachet, […]

31 August 2024 - 6 April 2025
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

One of Amsterdam’s most famous monuments is undergoing a major reconstruction this summer. Eight of the church’s eight-meter-high pillars need a new foundation. But before the contractor gets to work, the city archaeologists of the City of Amsterdam will investigate and prepare the construction site. This impressive operation can be witnessed now during this special […]

18 October 2024 - 31 August 2025
Naturalis – Leiden

Inspired by the discovery of five Triceratops Horridus in Wyoming, USA, in 2013, this exhibition brings the fascinating world of these prehistoric giants to life.

11 October 2024 - 31 August 2025
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam – Rotterdam

In this exhibition, the museum examines the past and present of ‘making’. Because making is timeless and inextricably linked to being human. In this way, we reflect on the world around us and at the same time shape it.

31 May 2024 - 31 August 2025
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

The Martial Arts exhibition shows why people practise martial arts, combining personal stories and social themes. Martial Arts shows the power and beauty of martial arts as well as the traditions and stories behind the sport. Step into the ring yourself and learn about kung fu, karate, capoeira, kickboxing, pencak silat and Nguni stick fighting, among others, […]

12 October 2022 - 1 December 2024
Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Amsterdam

Doris the Diver is an adventurous, maritime museum experience for families with children aged 2 years and older. This narrative and interactive exhibition for the youngest museum visitors can be seen from 12 October 2022 in the National Maritime Museum (Het Scheepvaartmuseum) in Amsterdam.

19 June 2024 - 10 November 2024
H’ART Museum – Amsterdam

H’ART Museum will open its doors for the very first exhibition in collaboration with Centre Pompidou: an exhibition on Wassily Kandinsky. Admire more than 60 artworks from the Paris collection. From his early figurative work to his well-known abstract paintings full of colour and geometric shapes. In this retrospective, you will discover why this remarkable […]

12 April 2024 - 3 November 2024
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

Woven from silk, from or distressed denim. Knotted, pleated or belted. Worn out of protest, celebration or simply to go work. The statement sari is the sari that has been radically renewed for today’s world. SARI/STATEMENT showcases the sari as one of today’s biggest global fashion stories. In this fashion exhibition, see how designers, wearers […]

1 June 2024 - 6 October 2024
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a large-scale retrospective of the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004). With over a hundred and thirty photographs, the exhibition Richard Avedon: Relationships sheds light on Avedon’s groundbreaking contribution to fashion photography as well as his distinctive photographic portraits. His powerful, expressive portraits capture people like the writer Truman Capote, the actress […]

5 October 2024 - 6 October 2024
NEMO Science Museum – Amsterdam

On October 5 and 6, 2024, we celebrate the Weekend of Science throughout the Netherlands. NEMO Science Museum and NEMO Studio are also free to enter this weekend. NEMO is completely themed around space: test your knowledge in the Space Quiz, get started with space experiments or discover how astronauts stay fit at Space Yoga.

19 April 2024 - 29 September 2024
Joods Museum – Amsterdam

In the spring and summer of 2024, part of the Jewish Museum will be transformed into a cinema theater from the 1920s and 1930s. Charlotte Salomon in close-up shows the influence of film on Salomon’s world-famous life artwork Life? or Theater?

8 June 2024 - 29 September 2024
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Eye Filmmuseum presents the first exhibition in the Netherlands about the work of Catalan film and theatre director Albert Serra. Transforming the entire exhibition space into an immersive stage, Serra orchestrates nocturnal and clandestine encounters where theatre, cinema, and art converge.

30 March 2024 - 15 September 2024
Drents Museum – Assen

Artists Christine van Zeegen and her brother Janus worked together in a special way. Their art was innovative in many ways. Janus made line drawings of motifs from the plant and animal world and Christine translated these into colourful embroidery according to her own ideas. Christine’s art needlework was extremely popular in her time. Janus […]

30 March 2024 - 8 September 2024
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

In the spring of 2024, Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a large-scale exhibition of the work of the Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (1961, Geneva). For the very first time her provocative installations, sculptures, ready-mades, and paintings will be shown in the Netherlands. In a playful way, Fleury challenges the cultural constructs of gender stereotypes. She uses […]

2 March 2024 - 25 August 2024
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam – Rotterdam

A celebration of contemporary African photography. An exhibition curated by Tate Modern, London in collaboration with Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

19 April 2024 - 14 July 2024
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

The world premiere of the exhibition of the well-known international press photo competition. The annual exhibition presents the results of the World Press Photo Contest 2024 and shows the best and most important journalistic photos and documentary photography of the past year, selected by an independent jury.

12 October 2020 - 1 July 2024
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

A special discovery has been made under the Tropenmuseum. A hitherto unknown world has been discovered on floor minus 7 in the Suriname depot. Come to Sabi Suriname and see for yourself. In Sabi Suriname you will learn a lot about Suriname, the bond with the Netherlands and how Suriname is connected to the world. […]

28 January 2024 - 2 June 2024
Drents Museum – Assen

From 28 January 2024, the Drents Museum presents a major retrospective of Spanish artist Antonio López (1936). López is a phenomenon in his native Spain and has been labelled the ‘greatest living realist artist’. The exhibition Antonio López – Master of Spanish realism is López’ first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands. Paintings – including […]

16 September 2023 - 20 May 2024
H’ART Museum – Amsterdam

6 October 2023 - 20 May 2024
Allard Pierson – Amsterdam

The first exhibition on ancient Egyptian mummy portraits in the Netherlands. On display from October 6, 2023 to May 20, 2024 in the Allard Pierson Museum.

20 April 2024 - 2 May 2024
Joods Museum – Amsterdam

From April 20 to May 2, the Museum Shop of the Jewish Museum will temporarily expand with a flea market. During this period, various Jewish-related books, posters, postcards and other curiosities are for sale in the museum for a small price. And that is not all! On Sunday, April 28, we will make it a […]

5 November 2022 - 1 April 2024
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

Fake, junk, trash, cheap, clean, counterfeit, polluting, fantastic, dream, colourful, smooth, transparent, light, mass-produced. What do you think of when you hear the word plastic? The new exhibition Plastic Crush is about our changing relationship with plastic. The old dream that plastic would improve the world turned into fear of a world awash in plastic […]

21 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

30 September 2023 - 3 March 2024
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

From September 30, 2023 to March 3, 2024, Kunsthal Rotterdam presents the large-scale exhibition of one of the leading artists of the moment, human rights activist and critic of authoritarian power systems: Ai Weiwei. In Search of Humanity is his most complete retrospective to date. The exhibition offers an impressive overview of Ai Weiwei’s career […]

8 March 2023 - 3 March 2024
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

14 October 2023 - 3 March 2024
Drents Museum – Assen

From 14 October 2023 to 3 March 2024, the Drents Museum presents the exhibition Tilo Baumgärtel – Das selbe Wasser. This solo exhibition by German artist Baumgärtel (b. 1972) focuses on a combination of paintings, drawings and video art. In Das selbe Wasser, the Drents Museum takes visitors into Baumgärtel’s fairytale world.

7 October 2023 - 3 March 2024
Groninger Museum – Groningen

Discover 116 raw portraits in a typical black and white style in the photography exhibition Can I Be Me by Joram Krol. The photographer makes honest portraits of people, in which he lets them be themselves, but in which you also meet the artist himself.

30 June 2023 - 21 January 2024
Groninger Museum – Groningen

The Rolling Stones – Unzipped is the first-ever international exhibition by and about the world-famous rock band. Through 400 original objects from the Stones’ personal archive, it offers visitors an exciting glimpse behind the scenes. Along with instruments and stage designs, the show includes rare video footage, personal diaries, iconic costumes, and album covers. Highlights […]

21 April 2023 - 7 January 2024
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

18 April 2023 - 7 January 2024
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave – Leiden

A tiny microscope was all he needed to uncover an entirely new world, a world nobody had seen before. From 18 April 2023, National Museum Boerhaave revisits a world first discovered by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 350 years ago. The amazing microworld becomes visible in the special temporary exhibition Unimaginable. How Van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope changed the […]

11 September 2023 - 7 January 2024
Drents Museum – Assen

7 October 2023 - 8 October 2023
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

16 April 2023 - 1 October 2023
Drents Museum – Assen

Nearly three thousand Moluccan men, women and children ended up in Drenthe in 1951. They live spread over seven barrack camps and sometimes hardly know each other at first. What the future brings is unclear.

18 June 2023 - 1 October 2023
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

24 September 2023
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

The folk tales about the spider Anansi are centuries old. They are about a spider that time and again outsmarts its opponents. Those who are not big and strong must be smart, is the message.

18 February 2023 - 3 September 2023
Dordrechts Museum – Dordrecht

Jan Veth was a versatile man. He was one of the most esteemed portrait painters and most respected art critics of his time. He entered the heart of the Dutch art world around 1900. Veth painted countless portraits and was a gifted printmaker. He wrote about the visual arts, he was a poet and a […]

17 July 2022 - 1 September 2023
Nationaal Militair Museum – Soest

In the exhibition you will discover the story of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, an icon of the Dutch Air Force. The almost half century that the F-16 has served with the Royal Netherlands Air Force has flown by. Along the way, the fighter plane left a lasting impression on many people.

4 February 2023 - 27 August 2023
Hermitage Amsterdam – Amsterdam

Admire 35 paintings from The Leiden Collection, a unique private collection from New York.

1 July 2023 - 13 August 2023
Drents Museum – Assen

“The world of Floris Hovers” shows the colourful, playful and surprising oeuvre of designer and artist Floris Hovers (1976). With his autonomous work such as (spatial) compositions and colorful ‘cities’, miniatures, furniture and lighting, Hovers invites you time and again into his almost perfect simple world, where there is plenty of room for imagination.

22 April 2023 - 30 July 2023
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

Showcasing the stories that matter with award-winning photography from the 66th annual World Press Photo Contest. The annual exhibition presents the results of the 2023 World Press Photo Contest, the annual exhibition showcases the best and most important photojournalism and documentary photography of the last year, selected by an independent jury.

24 June 2023 - 25 June 2023
Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Amsterdam

For the second time, Het Scheepvaartmuseum joins the Zeehavendagen Amsterdam: an annual event where the port industry opens its doors to the public.

24 June 2022 - 24 June 2023
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

Colonialism is not a thing of the past. It has shaped the world: our physical, mental and personal world. Colonialism lives on to this day. In the exhibition ‘Our Colonial Inheritance’, we look at the Dutch colonial history and presence, in Indonesia, Suriname, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and many other countries. You will not get to […]

21 January 2023 - 4 June 2023
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Saodat Ismailova (b. 1981, Tashkent) is an important voice within the first generation of Central Asian artists who came of age in the post-Soviet era. Her work explores the rich, complex and layered culture of her native region.

3 December 2022 - 7 May 2023
Groninger Museum – Groningen

One of the most influential couturiers ever comes to life at the Groninger Museum in Gianni Versace Retrospective. This colourful, daring, emotional exhibition takes visitors inside the eccentric Italian fashion designer’s world of extravagant clothing and lavish catwalk shows in which clothing, pop music and design come spectacularly together. Gianni Versace was murdered 25 years […]

9 July 2022 - 7 May 2023
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam – Rotterdam

Hair. It intrigues people endlessly. It compels us as a part of our identity, and as an extraordinary material. The hair on our heads that grows faster than other body hair, perhaps preoccupies people the most. Time after time, we try new hairstyles or we choose to keep the same style. If our hair falls […]

19 November 2022 - 7 May 2023
Rijksmuseum – Amsterdam

Every book designed by Irma Boom is unique: from one without ink to another consisting only of book covers. More than 30 of her books are on display alongside works of art from our collection – art that has inspired her and art for which she feels a strong affinity.

15 October 2022 - 10 April 2023
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

A rich presentation of over one hundred art objects from the Royal Collections

19 November 2022 - 9 April 2023
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

Step into an immersive experience at the intersection of reality and fantasy worlds. In the Black Fantastic shows seductive, exuberant and colourful works by eleven contemporary artists from the African Diaspora.

9 October 2022 - 26 March 2023
Drents Museum – Assen

From October 9, 2022 to March 26, 2023, the spotlight will be on the work of the world-famous German artist Neo Rauch in the Drents Museum in Assen. In the retrospective exhibition Neo Rauch – Wegzehr the focus is entirely on Rauch’s work on paper. In total, the exhibition comprises about a hundred works on […]

20 November 2022 - 26 March 2023
Drents Museum – Assen

4 September 2022 - 5 March 2023
Mondriaanhuis – Amersfoort

The Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort celebrates the 150th birthday of Piet Mondrian with the exhibition Unlimited. Seven duos of visual artists and composers have created new work for this exhibition. The result of this collaboration can now be seen and heard in the museum.

17 April 2021 - 5 March 2023
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

All over the world we give gifts! At a birthday party, a wedding, funeral or as a sacrifice. But what’s the secret to a good gift? “Gifts Unwrapped” takes a deep dive into the art of giving and receiving gifts around the world.

24 September 2022 - 29 January 2023
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam

2 October 2022 - 8 January 2023
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Fiona Tan is known for her video and film installations in which she explores memory, history, globalisation and the role of images. This exhibition is a journey through a selection of works from her oeuvre, in which the passing of time and the role of the landscape as a mental space are recurring themes.

19 June 2022 - 8 January 2023
Dordrechts Museum – Dordrecht

The lust to travel, the lust to wander and the lust to discover: Wanderlust. In the 19th century, Dutch artists traveled the world for this purpose. In this exhibition you can travel, discover and recognize Dutch artists. Are you wandering?

11 May 2022 - 30 October 2022
Drents Museum – Assen

Although Mount Ararat does not lie in Armenia, this famous sacred mountain and the smallest republic of the South Caucasus are inextricably linked. Armenia & Mount Ararat will be the protagonists of the exhibition Under the spell of Mount Ararat – Treasures from ancient Armenia. Beautiful objects from the History Museum of Armenia in Yerevan […]

23 April 2022 - 30 October 2022
Groninger Museum – Groningen

20 August 2022 - 25 September 2022
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam

In the exhibition History & Royalty, 600 years of history of the Nieuwe Kerk, De Nieuwe Kerk takes you back to its own history, which is inextricably linked to that of the Netherlands and the city of Amsterdam.

1 February 2022 - 25 September 2022
Allard Pierson – Amsterdam

The Allard Pierson Museum manages the designer archive of Irma Boom (1960). From February 1 to May 8, a selection of these can be seen in the exhibition Irma Boom: Book Manifest. Not the end product, but the design and production process are central to this hall exhibition. Her working method can be followed on […]

16 April 2022 - 18 September 2022
Drents Museum – Assen

She was the only woman in the Netherlands to venture into the field of metal art around 1900: artist Johanna van Eijbergen (1865-1950). Her designs were produced between 1904 and 1910 by the Hengelo manufacturer G. Dikkers & Co. The vases, bowls and many other objects are characterised by wonderful decorations of stylised flowers and animals, particularly […]

16 September 2022
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Presentation of the book ‘The Shining: A Visual and Cultural Haunting’ followed by an exclusive screening of the US Cut of The Shining on 35mm. Preceded by a talk between Lauren Murphy (programmer Imagine) and author Craig Oldham. Afterwards there will be a book signing at the Eye Shop.

18 February 2022 - 11 September 2022
Groninger Museum – Groningen

In the 17th and 18th centuries, rich and powerful people living in and around Groningen were heavily involved in slavery overseas. Some members of prominent families commissioned portraits in which they were portrayed with Black servants. This exhibition will feature historical paintings and sculptures made in Groningen that depict people of colour. The works bear […]

10 September 2022
Allard Pierson – Amsterdam

On Saturday 10 September, Allard Pierson is organizing a symposium on the work of book designer Irma Boom. With three special guests with whom she made a book; architect Rem Koolhaas, artist Berend Strik and photographer Rineke Dijkstra, Irma Boom discuss the architecture book, the artist’s monograph and the photo book. Afterwards, the exhibition Irma […]

12 February 2021 - 4 September 2022
Maritiem Museum – Rotterdam

Two unique collections of art come together. Learn about an undiscovered, maritime world behind famous masterpieces. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen sets sail to the Maritime Museum.

20 November 2021 - 12 June 2022
Groninger Museum – Groningen

The first major museum exhibition of the work of the French artist JR encompasses murals, films and countless photographs.

28 January 2022 - 6 June 2022
Rijksmuseum – Amsterdam

For almost forty years, Vincent Mentzel (b. 1945) was the staff photographer of the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad: he literally captured the news. Mentzel matured into one of the Netherlands’ best-known photographers, especially due to his innovative reporting of The Hague’s politics. With his striking portraits of politicians and informal photo reports of the Binnenhof, […]

18 February 2021 - 6 June 2022
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam – Amsterdam

The exhibition Healing Power in the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam will showcase a range of healing rituals around the world, based on objects from Europe, South America to the Arctic regions.

17 December 2021 - 6 June 2022
Joods Museum – Amsterdam

The earch for one rattle eventually leads to a unique collection of 900 rattles from all times and corners of the world.

12 February 2022 - 29 May 2022
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

8 December 2021 - 8 May 2022
Allard Pierson – Amsterdam

Peter van Straaten passed away on December 8, 2016 at the age of 81. Five years after his death, Allard Pierson is organizing a commemorative exhibition about the chronicler of the post-war Netherlands from December 8, 2021 to April 17, 2022. Van Straaten held up a mirror to society, with the necessary self-relativity. His talent […]

3 October 2021 - 8 May 2022
Dordrechts Museum – Dordrecht

Idyllic landscapes with riders and cows in misty sunlight. Until the 6th of March 2022, the long-awaited exhibition about Dordrecht’s most famous painter Aelbert Cuyp can be seen in the Dordrechts Museum: ‘In the light of Cuyp. Aelbert Cuyp & Gainsborough – Constable – Turner’.

1 October 2021 - 8 May 2022
Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Amsterdam

The National Maritime Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of father and son Willem van de Velde; two leading marine artists from the 17th century with a thriving international family business.

3 February 2022 - 2 March 2022
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

This centenary programme brings you (rare) screenings on 35mm, live musical accompaniment, stunning digital restorations and introductions by Japan experts.

3 October 2021 - 9 January 2022
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Film and theatre influence each other continuously. To celebrate that relationship between the two worlds, Eye has invited stage director Ivo van Hove and scenographer Jan Versweyveld to compile an exhibition. In Eye 3 October 2021 through 9 January 2022.

5 June 2021 - 5 September 2021
Eye Filmmuseum – Amsterdam

Ever since the early days of cinema, film has always been much more than a projection on a screen, even though that is how it has entered the history books. But early experiments with panoramas, magic lanterns, live sound and music and theatrical accompaniments show that film, right from the start, was also a spatial […]

28 March 2020 - 3 January 2021
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam