Museum advertisement
24 novembre 2024
It is well known that the small museums in the Netherlands are not doing so well this year. We are therefore pleased that our business partner IAmsterdam offered us an advertisement to bring our museum to the attention of foreign tourists. The glossy magazine is entirely dedicated to the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam that is being celebrated for a whole year and is distributed in all upper-class hotels. For the upcoming festive year more promotional activities are planned that will put the smaller museums in the spotlight.
PermalinkCollectors' fair Utrecht
17 novembre 2024
For decades a must for collectors: the collectors' fair in Utrecht. Because the old Jaarbeurs building was recently demolished, the event now takes place in a nearby exhibition hall. This has changed the atmosphere somewhat, but it is certainly no less professional. On the first day we always try to be there early, hoping to score some special items. That is not so easy. A nice find this year was ultimately a detailed painted porcelain stummel with a topographical scene, made by a well-trained painter in utmost concentration with his tongue between his teeth.
PermalinkSociety La Pipe
11 novembre 2024
Today we had a visit from the Student Corporation La Pipe, or at least the aspiring members. This student group comes from the Hotel School in The Hague, where an enthusiastic group of pipe smokers has been active for several years, supplemented each year with new students. Of course they were also interested in the Amsterdam Pipe Museum and the associated Pipeshop.
PermalinkAnother successful night
3 novembre 2024
It remains a unique event, Museum Night Amsterdam, where tens of thousands of young people are mobilized to visit museums in a single evening. This year, for the first time in years, we had more than 500 visitors in one night. Thanks to the help of the volunteers, that was manageable. Even the distribution over the evening went naturally. All these people were introduced to a museum they did not know yet, including some young people who literally look out onto our facade from their student rooms!
PermalinkFornelli con turchesi
1 novembre 2024
Nei mesi a venire, la nostra amata vetrina centrale ospiterá due eccezionali fornelli di pipe ad acqua. Essi coronavano lussuosamente i rispettivi narghile. Su ciascun fornello, sono stati incastonati, con tecnica estremamente raffinata, un gran numero di turchesi, che vanno ad alleggerire non solo i fornelli ma il narghilé tutto. Quest’opera è tipica della Persia della seconda metà del diciannovesimo secolo, sebbene l'uso del turchese risalga a una tradizione più antica della dinastia Quajar. Questi fornelli unici rimarranno esposti nella vetrina centrale fino alla fine dell'anno.
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