Director Axel Rüger at the official opening of the new entrance to the Van Gogh Museum on Museumplein in Amsterdam.
Photo: Jorrit Lousberg
New entrance to Van Gogh Museum opens to the public To mark the opening, a gigantic labyrinth made up of 125,000 sunflowers has been created on Museumplein. The labyrinth is open free of charge on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September, 2015.]]>
September 6th, 2015, source: Van Gogh Museum
The labyrinth contains three Van Gogh inspiration rooms where visitors can enjoy performances by singer-songwriters, among other things. The sunflowers will be handed out to the public free of charge from 4 pm on Sunday.
“This is our way of celebrating the opening of our brand-new entrance on Museumplein. The building went very smoothly and was completed entirely within the tight 18-month schedule and on budget. The glass entrance hall features advanced glass constructions, installations and modern floors and walls”, declared Director Axel Rüger.
“There is a new spacious and light reception area with cloakrooms, and a completely redesigned museum shop with over 500 new products. The new entrance, improved logistics and this larger reception area enable us to welcome more visitors even more hospitably. Our museum is now also better oriented on the refurbished Museumplein, on which all the surrounding cultural institutions have now established their entrances. The transparent entrance hall with its state-of-the-art glass constructions is a real asset to the Van Gogh Museum as well as Museumplein.”
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