A museum of dreams : Kunstmuseum Den Haag / authors, Jan de Bruijn, Doede Hardeman, Jet van Overeem ; editor, Jan de Bruijn ; English translation, Gerard Forde ; photography, Gerrit Schreurs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruijn, J. de, writer of supplementary textual content, editor.

Hardeman, Doede, 1980- writer of supplementary textual content.

Overeem, Jet van, writer of supplementary textual content.

Forde, Gerard, 1968- translator.

Schreurs, Gerrit, photographer.

Kunstmuseum Den Haag, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Gedroomde museum. English.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Kunstmuseum Den Haag--Exhibitions.

Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Art museums--Netherlands--Hague--History--Exhibitions.

Art museums.

Buildings--Netherlands--Hague--Exhibitions.

Buildings.

History.

Netherlands--Hague.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : nai010 publishers ; Kunstmuseum Den Haag, [2021]

Summary:

Long before museum architecture became a popular tourist attraction, architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and museum director Hendrik Enno van Gelder dreamed of an iconic museum building, a building in which visitors would feel at home and art would flourish in an ultimate setting. In 1935, their dream came true with the opening of a new museum for modern and applied art in The Hague. Although Berlage died in 1934 and thus did not live to see the museum completed, he and Van Gelder set an example for many later creations.00This richly illustrated book takes the original ideas of both the architect and the director as its starting point and shows how their ideas continue to contribute to the experience of Kunstmuseum Den Haag to this day. More than 150 photographs and a wealth of historical material provide a comprehensive picture of the building, including spaces that normally remain closed to visitors. This book paints a unique picture of a museum that has been loved by visitors, artists and architects from all over the world since the day it opened its doors.

Notes:

This publication accompanies the exhibition A museum of dreams at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 20 February to 7 November 2021.

ISBN:

9789462086272

9462086273

OCLC:

1225910321