We approach one of the most visited museums in the city - the Van Gogh Museum. Do you remember? A little over one hundred years ago, the paintings of this artist that were bashfully hidden in the Stedelijk Museum? By the way, this museum remains to our left, from which the modern Van Gogh Museum extended, as well as the triangular roof of the Albert Heijn supermarket, which was nicknamed the “donkey’s ear.” The museum building was built between 1963 and 1973 with later additions. Van Gogh’s brother’s wife, Johanna Gezina van Gogh Bonger, devoted her life to popularizing the artist’s paintings that she inherited after her husband’s, Theo Van Gogh, death. He passed away six months after the death of his brother. Her son, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew, donated paintings to the city museum in 1925, 35 years after the artist’s death. Did they know then, that the theft of two Van Gogh paintings in 2002 will become one of the ten most enormous crimes in the history of art, and the reward for providing information on the whereabouts of the paintings will be 100,000 euros? The museum stores 200 paintings, 400 drawings and 700 letters of the artist, among them the famous Bedroom in Arles and Sunflowers. https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en Sunflowers By Vincent van Gogh - hwEGmsM-FoHAwA at Google Cultural Institute, zoom level maximum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13528371
A personal guide to the museum quarter has been carefully planned and prepared for you by the Conservatorium Hotel. Our hotel is directly related to this exquisite cultural quarter of the city because the conservatory once occupied the building in which the hotel is located. The museum quarter adorns Amsterdam like the Kohinoor diamond adorns the crown of the British Empire. Between them, by the way, there is a direct relationship, which you will learn about from a trip. The walk will introduce you to the history and unexpected twists and turns of the fate of the inhabitants of the quarter, its buildings and houses, and of course, will lead you and learn about the most famous and visited museum square in the world. The walk is planned for the whole day and combines relaxing in the park and visiting museums. However, you can divide the trip into two parts. Architecture, history, shops, and the park from stop 1 to stop 9. Museums from stop 10 to the end of the trip. For your convenience, download the route to your phone, and thus you will not be dependent on a network connection. Have a nice walk.
Don't be afraid to get lost in new places!
