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Game changers | maritime innovations

Game changers | maritime innovations

Het Scheepvaartmuseum (The National Maritime Museum) proudly presents the exhibition 'Game Changers | Maritime Innovations', open from 6 October 2017 to 1 July 2018 inclusive.

Joan Blaeu’s unique map of the world exhibition

Joan Blaeu’s unique map of the world exhibition

One of the absolute highlights of The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam is Joan Blaeu's map of the world, dating from 1648. Its size is impressive – over 2 by 3 metres – and at the time it displayed the most up-to-date knowledge of the world we live in. The map is once again open to the public as part of the exhibition 'The world according to Joan Blaeu | Master Cartographer of the Golden Age'.

Cape Leeuwin ahoy!

Cape Leeuwin ahoy!

The Vendée Globe is the world's toughest solo sailing race, and Cape Leeuwin is an iconic point on the radar of Pieter Heerema during that race. Accidentally discovered by the Dutch centuries ago, this was the ‘Southern land’ that had been sought for so long. Who discovered Australia? And was it really the fabled ‘Southern land’

Drive | 100 years of collecting

Drive | 100 years of collecting

The exhibition Drive | 100 years of collecting leads you through a succession of extraordinary galleries. In every gallery, we introduce you to a cornucopia of maritime objects and paintings, brought together thanks to the great collection drives of various individuals. What motivated them? The exhibition 'Drive' adopts four different perspectives as it tells the story of why people become collectors.

Press release 'Drive'

Press release 'Drive'

What do a life jacket from the Costa Concordia, a letter written by Michiel de Ruyter dating from 1657, Mesdag's masterpiece from 1898, and a globe from 1613 have in common? All these works are part of the unique collection of The National Maritime Museum. The collection history of the museum and its unique objects is central in the new exhibition 'Drive' that opens to the public on 1 October 2016.

June 21: longest day of the year

June 21: longest day of the year

How did they measured in the past the angle formed between the horizon and the sun or star? One of the instruments they used to measure this was the astrolabe.

Marie-Jose Jongerius

Marie-Jose Jongerius

Marie-José seeks out the boundary between human and nature. after graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, Marie-José received various prestigious grants that allowed her to travel the globe for her photography projects.

Aisha Zeijpveld

Aisha Zeijpveld

Most likely you are already familiar with Aisha Zeijpveld's work: the nearly always absurd portraits that grace the cover of Volkskrant Magazine have been captured by her camera.

Jan Hoek

Jan Hoek

Jan juggles language, imagery, and people. Before completing his studies at the Rietveld Academy, Jan began working on his provocative photography series sweet crazies, for which he transformed a group of homeless Ethiopian men with a mental disability into kings.

Koen Hauser

Koen Hauser

In the fifteen years since Koen Hauser studied photography at the Rietveld Academy, his work has been shown in exhibitions around the world, including in China, Europe, and the United States.

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