|
|
Page content:
English
Museums
The Groningen Museum is the most high-profile museum in the Netherlands, not only due to its striking design, also because of varying exhibitions, including works by Russian painter Repin, American photographer Andres Serrano, and Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf. The permanent collection consists of a large assembly of porcelain and works by the Groningen artists’ collective De Ploeg.
Changes in the processing of written text into printing have taken place so fast (especially in the last few decades) that there is the risk that the old printing techniques will be lost. The Graphic Museum provides an overview of techniques ranging from old type-setting up to and including today’s word-processing.
University Museum The University Museum has an extensive number of exhibits including objects and old documents relating to the history of the university. There are masquerade costumes, caps, posters and photos on display. There is a large room with a huge collection of instruments formerly used for research and lectures. The University Museum provides a good overall impression of the history of the second oldest university in the Netherlands.
Museum of Ethnology The Gerardus van der Leeuw Museum of Ethnology is unique in the north of the Netherlands. Located on the fringe of the centre of Groningen (close to the Noorderplantsoen), it has displays of cultural artefacts from Asia, Australia, Africa, North and South America and the Pacific region. The museum’s main collection comprises some 10,000 objects, originating from different collections.
Skippers and captains throughout the ages, Frisians in Dorestad, Hanseatic merchants or peat skippers from grandmother’s time: they all have one thing in common. Their lives revolved around ships. The Nautical Museum has exhibits relating to ships, crews and sailing, and the contemporary shipping culture.
The Museum of Natural History is an exhibition and educational centre concerned with humans, nature, environment, and landscape.
Discounts Should you plan to visit several museums in Groningen or elsewhere during your stay in the Netherlands, it could be wise to purchase a Museumjaar-kaart, which gives free or reduced entry prices to most Dutch museums. A Museum-jaarkaart costs € 15,- for people under 24 and € 35,- if you are over 25. The CJP (International Youth Card) is for people under 27 another way of getting discounted access to museums (in the Netherlands and in other European countries) and reduction in prices for any kind of cultural activities (film, theatre, concerts).
|
Associative links:
|
||||||||||
|
| To top |
