Museum door de Stad travels through the city with installations inspired by the Eindhoven Museum’s cultural-historical collection and the history of the city itself. We'll be back in Woensel from April on!
On December 5 Ward Rennen, director Eindhoven Museum, could be heard at Nieuws and Co on Radio 1 between 1:32 – 1:37 about the expansion plans of the museum in the Genneper Parken with help of the Brainport Regio Deal: https://www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws-en-co/uitzendingen/640284-2019-12-05.
Will you be visiting GLOW this week? Make a small detour and come and visit Checkpoint Eindhoven at Catharinaplein at the entrance of the Heuvel. Photos: Barbara Medo
Artist Paul Panhuysen made this model of his street, the Wilgenroosstraat. In the seventies he researched how visual arts could help solve problems in a street. With the participation of residents, he made a design for more than the standard ‘pavement, parking lanes and roadway’. Unfortunately, the plan was never implemented.
Ivo Hulskamp has made a life size Memory game made with pictures of the Eindhoven Museum collection that have to do with the Second World War. Every month the game will be located in a different location in the city, right now it is standing by Catharinaplein. Photos: Nick Bookelaar
Checkpoint Eindhoven can be seen in the city for the last time surrounding the theme freedom. We will be situated next to the skating rink on the market with the installations of Atelier van Asseldonk, Jelle Mastenbroek, Daniël de Bruin, Ivo Hulskamp and photos by Britt Roelse until January 6. Photos: Barbara Medo
What if we were never liberated? Would Lenny Kuhr still be a singer for everyone or only for the folk? Photos: Britt Roelse
The last three weeks Museum door de Stad has been situated at Woensel Shopping Centre Eindhoven and from December 9 we will be at the Markt near the skating rink for one month. Come by to have a look at the past and a peek at the future. Photos: Max Kneefel
What if we were never liberated? Would Isaac Habtemichael still be an influencer or a soldier? Photos: Britt Roelse
The latest asset to Eindhoven Museum is a bottle from lemonade factory A. van den Bemd. It probably dates from the first half of the thirties. In 1929, A. van den Bemd owned a beer bottling company and a mineral water factory (lemonade factory) at the Hoogstraat 252 in Eindhoven in Gestel, he also was an agent for the Amstel beer brewery. In 1934 the factory moved to the Laagstraat.
What if we were never liberated? Would Nacho Carbonell still be a designer or a soldier? Photos: Britt Roelse
After Stationsplein and Catharinaplein, Checkpoint Eindhoven and the life size Memory game will be seen until December 8 at the Woensel Shopping Centre.
What if we were never liberated? Would Angelique Spaninks still be the director of MU or a teacher? Photos: Britt Roelse
Last Saturday, Museum door de Stad was present among others with the Cooperation Installation of Mies Loogman in the Woensel Shopping Centre for the visit of Sinterklaas and Pieten! Photos: Barbara Medo
What if we were never liberated? Would Piet Bergman still be an artist or a farmer? Photos: Britt Roelse
In the month October, Checkpoint Eindhoven and the life size Memory game will be at Catharinaplein across the entrance of the Heuvel. Checkpoint Charlie displays portraits of Eindhoven citizens in their current occupation and the occupation they would have if Eindhoven was never liberated and we still would have been occupied. What occupation would they have? Would they still have been a rapper, artist or entrepreneur, or would they have been working in the army, working in a factory or be jobless? The Memory game is made with pictures of the Eindhoven Museum collection that have to do with the Second World War. Photo: Nick Bookelaar
Aart van Asseldonk - Checkpoint Eindhoven
Britt Roelse - Portraits
Ivo Hulskamp – Memory game
What if we were never liberated? Would Elphi Nelissen still be a professor at TU/e or a nurse? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Eveline Wu still be a chef at Mood or a maid? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Munne still be an artist or a resistance fighter? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Henk Krol still be a congressman or a deportee? Photos: Britt Roelse
Saturday September 21, Museum door de Stad was at the liberation festival of Eindhoven: Liberation 040. For example, we asked visitors whether they feel free in the city and which human rights they find important.
What if we were never liberated? Would Mies Gijselhart still be a child or a police officer? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Victor Sonna still be a designer or a judge? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would La Fuente still be a DJ or a Naval officer? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Britt Roelse still be a photographer or a nun? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Bjorn van der Doelen still be a singer or a smith? Photos: Britt Roelse
What if we were never liberated? Would Huub Smit still be an actor or a conductor? Photos: Britt Roelse
During 12 August and 25 October, it will not be possible to send in a loan request, sorry for the inconvenience.
The whole of September, Checkpoint Eindhoven will be on the Stationsplein. The installation by Aart van Asseldonk shows portraits by Britt Roelse of Eindhoven citizens in their current occupation and their occupation that they would have if Eindhoven was never liberated. The installations also include the Dilemma-machine by Jelle Mastenbroek and Daniël de Bruin: Do you push your boundaries when your freedom is at stake?
Museum door de Stad is one of the eight nominees for the ‘Brabantse Erfgoedprijs 2019’ by Erfgoed Brabant. Out of 56 submissions, the professional jury selected eight initiatives who have a chance of winning the prize, the winner will be announced on November 7.
Eindhoven Museum recently received a special tablecloth. The rug was made in honour of the engagement party on March 12 1905, of the double engagement of both the eldest son and eldest daughter in the Keunen-Leen family. The table cloth had 80 embroidered signatures by the people that were present. These were mainly people from the Eindhoven elite at the beginning of the twentieth century, such as Eindhoven manufacturer families. The linen cloth is professionally embroidered, possibly by religious who at that time often provided linen with monograms. A beautiful piece of Eindhoven history!
The Eindhoven Museum collection is online again. Of course, the collection can also be seen in Museum door de Stad (May 19-24that Strijp-S during Dutch Technology Week), but now also 24/7 on the website again.
Museum door de stad is going to travel through Eindhoven for three years and meanwhile they gather subjective data from the residents in the city. This information shapes the subjective canon of Eindhoven, a clear picture of what her residents are thinking, doing, feeling and their opinions. Drop by at the Museum door de Stad and let us know your opinions. Photo’s: Max Kneefel