Queen Máxima opens Van Gogh Village Museum in Nuenen
Today Queen Máxima opened the new Van Gogh Village Museum in Nuenen. This took place in the presence of several hundred guests. Van Gogh Village Museum highlights the personal and artistic development of the painter that led to his first masterpiece The Potato Eaters. Queen Máxima also visited Vincents Lichtlab which focuses on the effect of color and light. The renewal and expansion of the museum was realized thanks to subsidies from the province of North Brabant, among others, and contributions from funds and certificate holders.
Festive program
The official opening of Van Gogh Village Museum was performed today by Queen Máxima and Chairman Lemkes of Van Gogh Village Nuenen in the presence of Commissioner of the King Adema of North Brabant and Mayor Houben of Nuenen. Prior to the opening ceremony, Anna Gimbrère presented a program with the participation of Willem van Gogh on behalf of the family Van Gogh, Lucas van Grinsven on behalf of ASML and the presidents Jan Kees Lemkes and Edzo Doeve of Van Gogh Village Nuenen and the Van Gogh Sites Foundation, respectively. The program was artistically completed by theater company De Stilte from Breda in cooperation with saxophone quartet Artvark.
Recognition for heritage
Simone van der Heiden (director Van Gogh Village Museum): "We are very honored by Queen Máxima's visit. It is recognition for the tireless efforts of our team of 200 volunteers to preserve Vincent's heritage in Nuenen. Thanks to the cooperation with ASML and Van Gogh Sites Foundation, we can introduce young generations to how art and the technology of light work in Vincents Lichtlab. Thus, the museum has an educational value in addition to an art historical value and we like to show that."
Design and architecture
Well-known parties from the museum world were brought in to furnish the Van Gogh Village Museum. Tinker Imagineers designed the exhibitions and Bruns from Bergeijk produced the exhibition materials. The museum's new building was designed by Diederendirrix of Eindhoven and realized in collaboration with Banbouw. The design is a contemporary long-roofed farmhouse in reference to a farm that stood here in the 19th century. Design firm Van Eijk & van der Lubbe designed the central reception area including the coffee corner and store.
